Lecture 2 - Part 2

Question 1

What is an issue with macro metrics (e.g. the under 5 mortality rate, infant and neonatal mortality rate)

Answer 1

they miss the qualitative elements

Question 2

Roughly how many people were displaced in 2017?

Answer 2

68.5 Million (most ever)

Question 3

What is global health intertwined with and why?

Answer 3

Ethics: because the idea that global health should direct resources in order to maximize the potential of health and decrease the burden of diseases is an inherently ethical statement

Question 4

How do Stuckler & McKee, 2008 define global health

Answer 4

The broadest form of public health
• with aims to decrease the worldwide burden of disease
• with priority given to those risk factors and diseases that make the greatest contribution to this burden
• Resources are to be directed to maximize the potential health effects

Question 5

8 Billionaires own as much wealth as how many of the poorest people?

Answer 5

3.6 Billion

Question 6

The richest 1% have the same amount of income as?

Answer 6

the poorest 56%

Question 7

The richest 20% earn what % of the world income?

Answer 7

81.2%

Question 8

The second richest 20% earn what % of the world income?

Answer 8

9.4%

Question 9

The third richest 20% earn what % of the world income?

Answer 9

5.6%

Question 10

The second poorest 20% earn what % of the world income?

Answer 10

2.4%

Question 11

The poorest 20% earn what % of the world income?

Answer 11

1.4%

Question 12

What % of the world population lives on under $2/day

Answer 12

40%

Question 13

Which 3 countries have the most ultra high net worth individuals

Answer 13

1. USA (by a LOT)
2. China
3. UK

Question 14

What is absolute poverty?

Answer 14

proportion of people living with less than or equal to $1.9 in purchasing power parity

Question 15

What is infant mortality

Answer 15

proportion of babies who die within their first year of life

Question 16

How much of the global economy is invested in the military-industrial complex?

Answer 16

$2.4 trillion (4.4%)

Question 17

What is Humanitarianism?

Answer 17

Assistance designed to save lives, alleviate suffering and maintain and protect human dignity during and in the aftermath of large-scale emergencies

Question 18

What is Contemporary Humanitarianism?

Answer 18

Humanitarianism is being redefined because of austerity - Now there is a: Vicious circle` global health neglect→ humanitarian crises –>humanitarian responses stop because illusion that something is being done

e.g. MSF pulling refugees out of the Mediterranean because no one else would

Question 19

Where does Humanitarianism have its origins? How was it formalized?

Answer 19

1. Battlefield

2. Codified in International Humanitarian Law and the Geneva Conventions

Question 20

What is Praxis?

Answer 20

the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, embodied, or realized

Question 21

Approximately how many cases of ebola were there? How many deaths?

Answer 21

~30,000 cases

~10,000 deaths

Question 22

How many health care workers died of ebola? How many MSF

Answer 22

500

28 (14 died)

Question 23

Which 3 countries were most affected by the ebola outbreak?

Answer 23

Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia

Question 24

What is Triumphalism?

Answer 24

celebrate humanitarian heroes but on the ground, but not actually giving them the support they need (creates the illusion of control)