4.2.4 - priorities + work of the WHO

Question 1

The World Health Organisation (WHO)

Answer 1

• Established in 1948
• Goal is to build a better + healthier future for everyone.

Question 2

Work of the WHO (6 core functions)

Answer 2

1. Provide leadership + create partnerships to promote H+WB.
2. Conduct research + provide H+WB information
3. Set norms + standards and promote + monitor their implementation
4. Develop policies to assist countries to take action to promote H+WB.
5. Provide technological support + help build sustainable health systems.
6. Monitor H+WB + assess H+WB trends.

Question 3

1. Provide leadership + create partnerships to promote H+WB

Answer 3

Collaborates to develop international policies + regulations to prevent + manage disease outbreaks.

Question 4

2. Conduct research + provide H+WB information

Answer 4

Ensure most up to date info is available.

Question 5

3. Set norms + standard and promote + monitor their implementation

Answer 5

• Standardise the way research is carried out.
• Makes it more effective + efficient to share info, monitor impacts, etc.

Question 6

4. Develop policies to assist countries to take action + promote H+WB

Answer 6

• Policies help implement action that is known to be effective in bringing about improvements.
• WHO helps countries adapt policies to meet local contexts.

Question 7

5. Provide technological support + help build sustainable health systems

Answer 7

• Provide advice + support to implement change.
• Help countries strengthen capacity for early warning, risk reduction, etc.

Question 8

6. Monitor H+WB + assess H+WB trends

Answer 8

• Global health observatory (stores + shares health-related data).
• Helps identify who is getting sick, which disease, etc (so resources can be targeted where they’re needed the most).

Question 9

Priorities of the WHO (3 strategic priorities)

Answer 9

• Provide health (achieving universal health coverage)
• Protect health (addressing health emergencies)
• Promote health (promoting healthier populations)

Question 10

Provide health - achieving universal health coverage

Answer 10

Meaning all people can access the health services they need, at a cost that they can afford without being forced into poverty when a family member gets sick.
- Service access + quality, health info systems, health workforce, access to medicines + vaccines, etc.

Question 11

Protect health - addressing health emergencies

Answer 11

Aligned with SDG 3 target of strengthening capacity for early warning, risk reduction, and mngt of H+WB risks.
- Bilding + sustaining resilient capacities required to keep the world safe from epidemics/emergencies.
- Ensuring pops affected by emergencies have rapid access to essential life-saving health services.

Question 12

Promote health - promoting healthier populations

Answer 12

Aims to decrease maternal, child, + infant mort rates, decrease diseases (eg. HIV/AID’s, malaria, etc), + promote H+WB across all lifespan stages.