Global Public Health

Question 1

General definition for Global Health?

Answer 1

Health problems, issues, and concerns that transcend national boundaries, can be influenced and help solved by other countries (cooperatively)

Question 2

What are the 8 millennium development goals?

Answer 2

1. Eradicate poverty and hunger.
2. Universal primary education.
3. Promote gender equality.
4. Reduce child mortality.
5. Improve maternal health.
6. Combat HIV, malaria and other diseases.
7. Ensure environmental sustainability.
8. Develop a global partnership for development.

Question 3

3 main causes of child death in developing world?

Answer 3

Diarrhoea, Pneumonia, Malaria

Question 4

Significance of Lampedusa?

Answer 4

Italian island near Africa, and closest EU territory to shores of Libya (deadly route)

Question 5

What are social health inequalities?

Answer 5

Systematic differences in health status between different socio-economic groups

Question 6

What are 2 successful global health ‘stories’?

Answer 6

1) Eradication of small pox

2) Near eradication of Polio