Directions: In this section, you have a short passage. After the passage, you will find some items based on the passage. Read the passage carefully and answer the items based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and the opinion of author only. We live in a time when globalisation is rapidly encompassing travel, information, trade and investment. The internet ties people together in ways unimagined a few years ago. The globalisation of health, however, remains an elusive goal, similar to the globalisation of economic well-being. Laurie Garrett, in The Coming Plague, describes an unwelcome form of globalisation: the globalisation of disease. Garrett examines the recent history of emerging diseases such as AIDS, Ebola, Hantavirus, Rift Valley Fever, Legionnaires' disease, and others. She also explains the resurgence of familiar diseases like tuberculosis, cholera, and pneumonia as a consequence of the widespread and unwise use of antibiotics. Many of the new diseases are clearly linked to changes in land use, which brings humans into close contacts with rodents or other animals that harbour viruses previously unknown to medicine and often deadly to humans. Resurgent diseases, by contrast, are a creation of our medical practice. By treating people with antibiotics without restraint, we unknowingly select strains that are immune to the antibiotics and that pass on their resistant genes to unrelated bacteria by way of plasmid transfer. The heroes of her book are the women and men on the frontlines of epidemiology. Garrett makes a plea for a greater commitment from our universities, medical schools, and government agencies to train workers who will be capable of recognizing new diseases and who will be able to move about equally well in the laboratory, the hospital and the field in pursuit of knowledge and public-health intervention around the world.
The given question asks about a passage which discusses the globalisation of health and particularly highlights the role of indiscriminate antibiotic usage leading to health concerns globally. Let's analyze the passage and the options to determine the correct answer.
- The passage discusses different aspects of globalisation, including travel, information, trade, and investment. However, it indicates that a truly global approach to health is not yet achieved.
- The author specifically mentions the unwelcome phenomenon of "globalisation of disease" due to factors like emerging diseases (e.g., AIDS, Ebola) and the resurgence of familiar diseases (e.g., tuberculosis, cholera). This resurgence is explicitly linked to the "widespread and unwise use of antibiotics," which suggests a failure to control disease spread due to resistant strains being cultivated through poor antibiotic practices.
- Among the options provided:
- Globalisation of diseases: While discussed, this is a broader effect rather than a cause of why global health is now imperative.
- Public health intervention: The passage suggests this as a solution not a reason for globalisation necessity.
- The creation of new medical systems: There is no mention in the passage indicating this as a reason for health globalisation.
- The indiscriminate use of antibiotics: This is directly mentioned as leading to the resurgence of diseases, making global health efforts essential.
- Thus, the correct answer is "the indiscriminate use of antibiotics," as it is the key factor leading to the resurgence of certain diseases, making a globalised approach to health necessary.
In conclusion, according to the passage, it is the improper use of antibiotics leading to resistant disease strains that makes the globalisation of health imperative. The author’s plea highlights the need for trained professionals to address these challenges, thereby making the correct answer choice clear.
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