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History has influenced the current global burden of disease both positively and negatively. As a first point, modern treatments are far superior to those used during the Crusades. Doctors then amputated limbs and parts of the body to rid themselves of the disease. Today, there are a number of treatments and technologies available to treat illnesses and diseases without resorting to such drastic measures. Surgical procedures have made it so that death is rarely the result of cutting limbs, even if this became a popular treatment. Andreas Vesalius’s invention of the printing press and illustrations, which set the foundation for educating and spreading knowledge that we utilize and know about health today, can be credited for this (Velez, 2016). Despite what was experienced during the Age of Exploration, negative impacts still persist today. People travel across states and countries and trade between the countries, causing diseases to spread across borders. Several countries were plagued with tuberculosis, smallpox, and HIV, so government and non-governmental entities created forums to prevent future outbreaks and deaths related to these pandemics. A key objective of the Millennium Development Goals was to strive to eliminate not only diseases but also issues that go beyond just disease-related issues. These issues include poverty, maternal health, education, and environmental instability in all countries (UN, 2015). In order to reduce these disparities, the MDGs were used to compare the incidences of these issues across the various countries, and to create agencies focused on developing the procedures and research to do so. The goals are not fully met in many countries, even parts of the US. The public, private, and non-profit sectors continually create and remove funds and resources.

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August 24, 2016, from http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/ Velez, O. (2016). A Brief

History of Global Health: The Renaissance (c. 1400-1700). Retrieved August 24,

2016, from https://learn.umuc.edu/d2l/le/content/170746/viewContent/72

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