Intervention in the ‘Third World’ by Minority/Developed Northern Hemisphere Countries Is Influenced by Political, Economic and Environmental Phenomena and Has Not Always Been Beneficial to the Health of Children. with

INTERVENTION IN THE ‘THIRD WORLD’ BY MINORITY/DEVELOPED NORTHERN HEMISPHERE COUNTRIES IS INFLUENCED BY POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA AND HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN BENEFICIAL TO THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN. WITH REFERENCE TO ONE TYPE OF INTERVENTION PROGRAMME, CRITICALLY ANALYSE THE EFFECT ON CHILDHOOD AND CHILD HEALTH.INTERVENTION IN THE ‘THIRD WORLD’ BY MINORITY/DEVELOPED NORTHERN HEMISPHERE COUNTRIES IS INFLUENCED BY POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA AND HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN BENEFICIAL TO THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN. WITH REFERENCE TO ONE TYPE OF INTERVENTION PROGRAMME, CRITICALLY ANALYSE THE EFFECT ON CHILDHOOD AND CHILD HEALTH.
INTRODUCTION
Issues such as poor health resulting from preventable disease requires interventions in developing countries, the immunisation programme is one of such interventions. The intervention programme chosen for the purpose of this essay is THE GAVI ALLIANCE.  
This essay seeks to critically analyse the effect of immunisation, illustrate the meaning of interventions in relation to childhood and child health, describe and contextualize the GAVI (Global Alliance Vaccination Immunisation) intervention programmes and how it is influenced by political, economic and environmental phenomena in developing countries. It will also critically explain the intended effect of this immunisation intervention programme (GAVI Alliance) should have on child health and on the health and wellbeing of the child’s family and community.
“An intervention is a combination of programme elements or strategies designed to produce behaviour changes or improve health status among individuals or an entire population. Interventions may include educational programmes, new stronger policies, improvements in the environment or as a health promotion campaign. In the context of childhood and child health in developing countries, issues such as poor health, mal nutrition, poverty and diseases are usually the reason intervention programmes take place”....