Corporate Leadership in Health Promotion in sub-Saharan Africa

Running Head : Corporate Leadership in Health Promotion in sub-Saharan Africa

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Introduction

Development in a nation occurs if the citizens residing in that nation are economically stable , psychologically fit , socially comfortable and healthy . A healthy community is able to undertake activities that will enable the country to develop and thus improve their welfare . It is therefore important to encourage people to take measures that will help them maintain their healthy status and curb any diseases that may have the

potential of attacking them . Health promotion is achieved through health education where the community is taught on measures to undertake to help them remain physically , mentally and socially fit through social marketing which is communicating and circulating information to help the community emanate behavioral code that will help them to achieve and maintain a healthy status . Therefore health promotion can be perceived as strategies implemented to guide people towards changing their welfare to promote a lifestyle that will help them achieve the ideal health status . The nosedived health status that was depicted by the increasing by the reported hospital cases lead to the establishment of campaigns that advocated awareness of promoting health in a community Organizations like World Health Organizations (WHO ) were among the onset of health promotion revolution that campaigned for better implementation of health care and promotion in sub-Saharan Africa (Wunderlich et al 2002

Health Care in sub-Saharan Africa

The countries found at the southern part of the Sahara are referred to as...