Global Health: GI Infections Flashcards
What are the leading causes of death globally?
ischaemic heart disease
stroke
COPD
Equality
same-ness, equal distribution e.g. of health resources
Equity
Fairness, equal opportunity e.g. access to health service
Incidence
the number of new cases in a population over a fixed period of time ❖ e.g. How many people tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours?
Period prevalence:
the total number of existing cases in a population over a fixed period of time
❖ e.g. How many people have had COVID-19 in the UK since the start of the pandemic?
Point prevalence:
the total number of existing cases in a population at a specific time ❖ e.g. How many people currently have COVID-19 in the UK?
Key measures to prevent diarrhoea include: WHO
❖ Access to safe drinking-water
❖ Use of improved sanitation
❖ Hand washing with soap
❖ Exclusive breast-feeding for the first 6 months of life
❖ Good personal and food hygiene
❖ Health education about how infections spread
❖ Rotavirus vaccination
Chaotic influences: not always a coordinated response when it comes to global health
❖ Government
❖ Media
❖ Internationally influential foundations e.g. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
❖ Non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
Water Footprint
Total volume of freshwater used to produce goods and services consumed by the individual or community or businesses both directly and indirectly
how is water footprint calculated
Calculated from blue, green and grey water footprints
blue water
volume of surface groundwater consumed (evaporated) as a result of
the production of a good
green water
rain-water consumed
grey water
volume of freshwater required to assimilate (dilute) the load of pollutants based on existing ambient water quality standards
