Refocusing Health Priorities for Sustainable Development: The Kenyan Situation

Abstract

Sustainable development is understood to require the current generation to meet their needs without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their needs. On a large scale, health of human beings is the primary reason for sustainable development;refocusing health priorities is instantly unavoidable. The focus should be regarding investment in health as a great contributor to achieving sustainable development. With a new constitution and viable legislations on health and social security, health priorities ought to be reconsidered. This paper is aimed at elaborating and analyzing the health priorities in relation to sustainable development, discussing ineptly the effects of health on sustainability of development and recommending possible changes or improvements to ensure a balance between health and sustainable development. The analysis is based on reference to health policies in the statutory frameworks of the various national, international and other applicable Laws. Writings from leading scholars and relevant case study are also relied on. Health is a major contributor to development without regard to health effects of unsustainable development there would be destruction and threat of health of humans. Health and sustainable development have unbreakable linkages and development strategies should always be construed with the highest regards to health effects.