History of Global Health Flashcards
What was the general global consensus following WW2 in regards to health?
There needed to be improved cooperation in terms of managing global health issues transcending borders
What was the organisation set up after the war, when and what were its four functions?
WHO in 1948:
- Directing a global health research agenda
- and developing regulations and standards to ensure its implementation
- Ensuring capacity to solve issues
- Monitoring health trends
What were two major complications to the improvement of the health state across the world?
Migration, particularly in the UK after it established NHS
Aeronautical travel: Airplanes and ports major cluster and depots of disease across the world
What did the UK government do in response to the large influx of immigration?
It introduced limited controls for the healthcare provisions of migrants that were second to those of nationals.
What were the three major international health projects and when initiated by the WHO? and what was the result?
Smallpox (1967): Success (1980)
Malaria (1955): Failure
Measles: Partial failure - demonstrated cooperation
How would you define global health compared to international health?
Global health involves improving the fluidity and links of health issues across the world whereas intl. health consisted more of isolating them within countries. It also emphasises a greater role played my medical professionals instead of policy makers as well as enhanced cross-disciplinary. Finally there was a focus on achieving health equity instead of equality as this would ensure that areas worst affected were addressed
What happened to the state of international health during the 1970s onwards?
Neoliberalism and globalization emerged within the global health agenda which lead the World Bank and IMF to take a lead role in international health as they were more aware of the whole situation. This meant the WHO retreated in its role in determining global health
What happened to the WHO following the election of Gro Harlem Brundtland as president?
The organisation shifted dramatically with a much greater consideration of how global health was interwoven with other agendas such as the world economy etc. which allowed the organisation to work with the World Bank and regain a lead role in the development of global health
What was a unique thing that Gro Harlem Brundtland did for global health that was new?
Greater allowance of philanthropy groups such as Bill and Melinda gates foundation to influence the global health agenda.
