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Global Health Flashcards

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What is global health?

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priority on improving health and achieving health equity for all people

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What are examples of the role of global health on communicable diseases?

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  • COVID-19 pandemic

- Polio Global Eradication Initiative

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What are examples of the role of global health on non-communicable diseases?

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mental health

esp on failure to regulate social media

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What is the role of the WHO?

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  • attainment by all people of the highest possible level of health
  • enforces International Health Regulations
  • able to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern
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What is the Human Development Index (HDI)?

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  • Used by the UN to quantify development in general between 0.001 and 0.999
  • Groups countries into Very High, High, Medium and LOw
  • used when drawing statistical comparisons
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What are the measures of development used in the HDI?

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  • Knowledge: based on education and literacy
  • Healthy life: based on life expectancy
  • Standard of Living: based on Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
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What is the term Global South used for?

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  • denote countries where income tends to be low + are recently industrialising
  • tend to have a colonial history
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What is the purpose of using HIC and LMIC?

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to differentiate between settings based on an objective measure of wealth

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What is WASH?

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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

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What is the aim for the Water part of WASH?

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safe water for drinking, washing and domestic activities (30%)
(UN human right)

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What is the aim for the Sanitation part of WASH?

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safe removal of waste including toilets and waste disposal (60%)

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What is the aim for the Hygiene part of WASH?

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a range of activities that encourage healthy behaviour practices

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What are the diseases that can be prevented with the proper application of WASH?

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  • diarrhoea
  • malaria
  • schistomiasis
  • trachoma
  • intestinal helminths
  • japanese encephalitis
  • Hep A
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What about the Sustainable Development Goals?

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UN - 2015

- 17 goals to be achieved by 15 years

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What is maternal mortality an indicator of?

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  • quantifying gender equality
  • quantifying health system development
  • an indicator of health and wellbeing
  • a measure of how accessible/responsive/effective a health system is
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What is the Maternal Mortality Ratio?

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number of deaths/number of live deaths per 100,000 live births

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What is a maternal death?

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the death of a woman while pregnant/within 42 days of termination of pregnancy from any cause by the pregnancy but not from accidental or incidental causes

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What is Planetary Health?

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A discipline that recognises our coexistence as human beings with the world around us (balance between human consumption and planetary sustainability)

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What is AntiMicrobial Resistance?

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When ABx/antivirals/anti fungals/anti parasitic become less effective as pathogens evolve

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What are the consequences of AntiMicrobial Resistance?

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  • increasing incidence of multi-drug resistant bacteria

- may make it impossible to preform surgery

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What are the possible solutions available to AntiMicrobial Resistance?

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  • understanding the science behind resistance

- reduce availability of all ABx + introduce more safeguards for broad spectrum ABx

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Who would have to be involved in the effort to combat AntiMicrobial Resistance?

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  • vetinarians
  • agriculture
  • business
  • politicians
23
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What is the Harm principle?

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“The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.”

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What is the tragedy of the commons?

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that describes how people degrade a common good for personal consumption, in spite of the consequent overall societal loss.

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