Definitions

Question 1

WHO

Answer 1

World Health Organization

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WHA

Answer 2

World Health Assembly (meeting not a group)

Question 3

UNICEF

Answer 3

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund

Question 4

DALY

Answer 4

Disability Adjusted Life Year (the sum of years lost due to premature death and years lived with disability)

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HALE

Answer 5

Health Adjusted Life Expectancy (years expected to be lived in good health)

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Gavi

Answer 6

Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations

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OECD

Answer 7

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

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MDG

Answer 8

Millennium Development Goal

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NCD

Answer 9

Non-Communicable Disease

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LMIC

Answer 10

Low/Middle Income Country

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CDC

Answer 11

Center for Disease Control

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NIH

Answer 12

National Institute of Health

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SDH

Answer 13

Social Determinants of Health

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SES

Answer 14

Socioeconomic Status

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EPI

Answer 15

Expanded Program on Immunization

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PAHO

Answer 16

Pan American Health Organization

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GIVS

Answer 17

Global Immunization Vision and Strategy

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GVAP

Answer 18

Global Vaccines Action Plan

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WHO 4 Vaccines

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BCG, DTP, OPV (oral polio), and Measles

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WHO definition of health

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“A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”

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Primary prevention

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Prevent disease from ever occurring

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Secondary prevention

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Reduce disease severity and prevent disability / death

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Tertiary prevention

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Reduce impairment and minimize suffering

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Morbidity

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Sickness or any departure from psychological or physiological state of well-being

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Mortality

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Death

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Incidence

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New cases of disease (rate)

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Prevalence

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Total cases of disease (rate)

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Burden of Disease

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Estimate of impact of disease, disability, and premature death of a population

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Elderly Support Ratio

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Ratio between the number of people that are 15-64 and 65+

—Effects burden of disease and healthcare financing

Question 30

3 Types of Health Transitions

Answer 30

Demographic Transitions (shift toward lower birth and death rates)

Epidemiological Transitions (high burden from infectious diseases to a high burden of NCDs)

Nutritional Transition (shift from undernutrition to over nutrition problems)