Thinking upstream: Examining the root cause of poor health

As I read the thinking upstream there are people drowning one after another and crying
for help according to the first person narrator. For a lenthy of time of helping, he/she got tired
and it occurs to him/her that he’s/she’s so busy that she/he have no time to see who is
upstream pushing them all in. As a student nurse I must probably analyze and examine this
thinking upstream, and the question is, what does the story trying to tell us? The flowing river
represent illness and the narrator represent as a doctor busy rescuing victims from the
drowning that failed to look upstream to see who is pushing patients into the dangerous water.
The things that pushes patient to the water of illness are rooted in political, social, economic
injustices, and environmental factors that are the precursors of poor health throughout the
world.
Poverty is a cause as well as a result of poor health, it increases the chances of poor
health. In turn, poor health traps communities in poverty. Each year, infectious and neglected
tropical diseases kill and weaken millions of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people.
Corrupt government officials and allies are to blame for poverty in our country, they profit
themselves at the expense of Filipino taxpayers. Health is political in the sense that its social
causes are amenable to politicall intervention and thereby reliant on political action. Because of
poverty, the poor cannot afford to purchase things that are needed for good health, including
sufficient quantities of food and health care. In addition, cancer, heart disease, asthma, and a
variety of other disorders are all made more likely by environmental factors. Infectious
disorders such as schistosomiasis, diarrhea, cholera, meningitis, and gastritis are caused by
contaminated drinking water and poor sanitation and hygiene.
In lots of nations, especially my country the Philippines, poor health is prevalent. Many
family has lost a member owing to poor health, death increase notably now that the Philippines
is the fourth highest number of corona virus cases in Asia. Moreover, I just loss my father on
June because of heart attack at the age of 46. It was so sudden, I blame myself, the doctor, the
nurse, the government, how hard life is. I had so many what ifs, what if we are rich maybe my
father won’t be problematic on spending money for check up, what if the government are
competitive enough to provide the peoples health need and that people won’t hesitate to go to
hospital to be admitted, what If I studied hard maybe I can see that my father is not in good
health. Nevertheless, its too late to realize things but its not too late to change. I just hope that
the world, everyone, will change for the better of the others, for the future, and for the
environment.