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Global Health Economics and
Sustainability
Promoting peace through microbiology and sports

2022). This research aims to address identified gaps, providing insights from microbiology and sports lessons
policymakers with findings that can inform their decision- 2. Identify how lessons from COVID-19 and football can
making processes. The results would serve as important help mitigate rising global hate crimes, contributing to
literature for microbiology, public health, social sciences, and the common good and the achievement of the SDGs
sports medicine. The findings and the recommendations of 3. Assess available literature on honor crimes and honor
this study can contribute to fostering a peaceful and healthy murders, exploring whether these acts discriminate
environment conducive to economic growth. among genders or similar to how infectious pathogens

It is often said that “health is wealth” and “wealth is affect all genders.
health.” Both concepts are essential for individuals to Through these objectives, findings, suggestions, and
maintain a peaceful mindset that supports work and recommendations will be presented.
entrepreneurship, facilitating national and global economic
growth. If the world has healthy and peaceful individuals 2. Methods
who can work happily without fear, the common good of 2.1. Sampling procedure
the world (SDGs) can be achieved easily. In contrast, a
violent environment can lead to injuries, incapacitation, Multiple study designs were used: observations, authors’
and even death, severely undermining efforts to achieve experiences, and comprehensive literature reviews. Some
SDGs. It can even contribute to cyclic poverty, hunger, comparisons were made using real-life situations. For
human rights abuses, and widening inequality – issues example, the scoring of a goal brings unity among team
that the UN is trying earnestly to address. These challenges members and supporters. In real life, social activities such
can be drastically reduced or eliminated by applying the as weddings, naming ceremonies, parties, congregational
findings of this research and valuing everyone. The “One worship, and sports – like athletics, basketball, and boxing
Health” approach used in this study would help individuals – unite individuals.
recognize the importance of prioritizing their health, using Using the design, multiple techniques were synergized
footballers as role models. to retrieve relevant literature. Observations of football
Prioritizing health is essential, as health, peace, and matches played in the stadium, especially those held during
entrepreneurship are vital triads needed to survive and enjoy FIFA World Cups, provided valuable life experiences. These
life (Pulle, 2022). In the “new hierarchy of needs” (Pákozdi experiences led to the identification of gaps that needed
& Bárdos, 2022) or “Maslow’s hierarchy of needs” (Cherry, further exploration. To find solutions, comprehensive
2022; Montag et al., 2020), one cannot enjoy them without literature reviews were conducted. Tasks were assigned
peace, quality health, and entrepreneurship. One must to co-authors, who were grouped by specific topics, while
be healthy with a peaceful mind/environment to work for each member independently searched for information as
these needs. Furthermore, without peace/health, enjoying reviewers.
them is a mirage. Prioritizing one’s health first is tantamount Keywords and phrases such as “medical microbiology,”
to helping individuals pay more attention to their lives: “COVID-19 pandemic,” “highest paid job,” or” World Cup
quality health or healthy living contributes to promoting dominant winners” were employed to exclude unrelated
internal peace in work. Those who prioritize health are literature. Literature on social issues was used as examples
likely to adopt health-conscious behaviors similar to those to help individuals understand how others are affected in
of footballers, utilizing health services such as medical the 21 century and how lessons from football can offer
st
laboratory screening to manage or prevent infections. solutions. Only articles published from the year 2000
onward were considered (Figure 1). For example, the
1.4. Study’s objectives
inquiry “Who are the world’s highest-paid football players
1.4.1. Main objective in 2022?” is presented in Table 1.
To assess how microbiology and lessons from sporting The dominant online search engines utilized to retrieve
activities contribute to reducing infections and crimes, literature were PubMed, newspaper websites, Google
ultimately benefiting global economies. Scholar, Web of Science, professional blogs, and Science
Direct (Table 2). Unhealthy past experiences and articles
1.4.2. Specific objectives with unhealthy information that could lead to societal
The specific objectives are to: problems were excluded from the study. The only exception
1. Review the literature on the relationship between was using those experiences purposely to advise others
sports-related infections and their impacts on global nicely, contributing to healthy and peaceful coexistence for
peace, quality health, and entrepreneurship, drawing smooth economic activities.

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