Geography Unit 4 Definitions Flashcards
National Healthcare Initiative
Frameworks for providing health services within a country to meet the population’s needs.
Global Healthcare Initiative
Health programmes that address health issues across multiple countries, often led by international organisations
Local Healthcare Initiative
Health services tailored to meet the specific needs of a community or region.
Communicable Diseases
Infectious diseases that can spread from person to person, like Covid-19 or HIV/AIDs.
Non-Communicable Diseases
Chronic diseases that are not transmitted between people such as respiratory diseases and obesity.
Epidemiological Transition
The shift from infectious diseases to chronic diseases as a country develops.
DALYS
Measure of total healthy life lost due to illness
Chad Case Studies
Global: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; local clinics -> WHO
Local: Doctors Without Borders (MSF) - immunization; education campaigns for non-communicable diseases
National: Doctors Without Borders
USA Case Studies
Global: Global Health Security Agenda; Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Programme
Local: community vaccination drives; Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Programme (SNAP)
National: Affordable Care Act - vaccination campaigns; Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Programmes
Cuba Case Studies
Global: The Community Doctor Programme; PAHO (addresses both communicable and non-communicable)
Local: Community Doctor Programme
National: Community Doctor Programme (com) + National Programme for the Prevention and Control of Diabetes and the National Programme for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (non-com.)
China Case Studies
Global: Health China 2030 Plan -> WHO, World Bank; China’s Infectious Disease Surveillance Management
Local: Infectious Disease Surveillance System
National: Health China 2030 campaign; Infectious Disease Surveillance Systems
