Public health to a healthier future. The links between the various sustainable development goals and public health are numerous and well established: The U.S. Global Health Initiative was created in 2009 by President Obama in an attempt to have a more holistic, comprehensive approach to improving global health as opposed to previous, disease-specific interventions. The Global Health Initiative is a six-year plan, "to develop a comprehensive U.S. government strategy for global health, building on the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to combat HIV as well as U.S. efforts to address tuberculosis (TB) and malaria, and augmenting the focus on other
Emergency Health Services Emergency Health Services Emergency Health Services (EHS), a Canadian emergency medical services (EMS) agency, is responsible for providing emergency and primary health care to patients outside of a hospital. It also deals with transportation between hospitals and medical facilities. In the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, EHS is a branch of the Nova Scotia Department of Health. With the goal of providing constant health services to all areas of Nova Scotia by paramedics that undertakes sophisticated interventions that are generally performed only by Emergency physicians. All ground ambulance and air ambulance service in Nova Scotia is contracted by EHS to