Target: Assess public health issues, selecting relevant standards from one or more recognized public health assessment tools.

Please pick a country. Using resources from the WHO (https://www.who.int/), OECD (https://www.oecd.org/health/country-health-profiles-eu.htm) and IHME (http://www.healthdata.org/results/country-profiles), CDC (https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/index.html) research that country profile:

1. Population and type of political, state and religious definitions. For example, According to BBC data on the country profiles as of December 2019- Algeria: population 41 million; People's Democratic Republic; major Languages- Arabic, French, Berber; major religion-Islam; life expectancy- 75 years (men), 77 years (women); currency- dinar
2. Territory (2-3 main characteristics that might influence Public Health) For example, mountains cover 2/3 of the territory- access to health care challenges due to poor public transportation/roads infrastructure; danger of natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes in blocking/destroying access roads. 
3. Climate (2-3 main characteristics that might influence Public Health)
4. Demographics (changes influencing Public Health) 
5. Education level (influence on Public Health) 
6. Economic status, GPD in USD (2-3 main characteristics that may influence public Health) 
7. Health care spendings and sources of funding in general and Public Health specifically
8. Effectiveness of essential health care services provision (understand what essential HC services are and their relationship with Public Health) 
9. Top 5 reasons of death (think about the connection to Public Health and healthcare system) 
10. Top 5 reasons of disability (think about the connection to Public Health and healthcare system)

Write a critical analysis (how to write a critical analysis) highlighting:

1. Is the information the same across different sources? Why? Provide minimum 2 reasons if different. Make a conclusion about which source should be trusted the most and explain why.
2. Discuss which source belongs to national or Global Governance structure and why it is important in terms of the country profile. 
3. Provide analysis of the 3-5 researched country characteristics and their influence on the Public Health efforts. 
4. Analyze how the health care funding and performance affect success of Public Health efforts.
5. Evaluate differences in top death and disability reasons and explain how Public Health programs and funding contribute to such.