Introduction to global health

Question 1

What are the motivations for global health policy?

Answer 1

• foreign policy
• security
• charity
• investment
• public health

Question 2

What are the 3 pre-conditions for global health?

Answer 2

1. the idea of the work as a related system
2. the availability of wealth of reliable, local and regional data
3. definitions and methodologies could be analysed separately

Question 3

What are the challenges of globalisation?

Answer 3

• food price rises and fuel resource competition
• already challenged infrastructures struggle to cope
• tribal and ethnic tensions

Question 4

What are the benefits of globalisation?

Answer 4

• less poverty
• opportunities for education
• improvements in health