The TED talk discusses the breakdown of what health justice is and ways people may view certain diseases or conditions. One point discussed was the average deaths of children are approximately 7 million every year. The deaths of these children are caused by unbalanced diets, not having access to medications, etc. The immediate response to many as stated in the video is that many assume that the reason why these children are passing away is due to the lack of supplies. Many organizations, as well as the public state supplies, would fix the ongoing issues related to the death of a group of people in an area. Yet other factors are needed to fix health disparities in underprivileged locations. In order to create health justice solutions certain factors, greater than donations and items are needed to make a change. The way people interpret health justice is the first priority. Instead of viewing health or health care as an item or a service instead it should be viewed as a method of freedom. The video states that if health is viewed as a form of freedom than many more people would not be without it. Due to the simple fact that many people throughout history fight and have succeeded to be free thus, it would be a central issue when people change their view on what health justice is.
Another point mentioned in the video is that various races are subjected to having certain medical conditions. As for people located in North Omaha have a high rate of diabetes. Many people are subjected as a product of their own bad decisions such as unhealthy diets. Although people don’t view their health as an issue within the environment. In certain locations, people don’t have access to parks, bicycles, recreational centers, food, healthy food, and education. Once these people have the opportunity to have all that are restricting their freedom and are still making bad decisions then one can make the claim that the person with diabetes is caused by a series of bad decisions. One clear point that was made was how people perceive health and how we can change the way we think of certain communities as well as common claims to certain races.
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Health Care Is Not A Privileged Its A Right! 
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