Lecture 6: Global Health

Question 1

What does international health focus on?

Answer 1

health issues of countries other than one’s own especially those of low-income and middle income

Question 2

What does global health focus on?

Answer 2

issues that directly or indirectly affect health but can transcend national boundaries (the whole planet rather than concerns of particular nations)

Question 3

Give the definition of global health:

Answer 3

an area for study, research and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide

Question 4

What year were the UN’s Millennium Development Goals supposed to be completed by?

Answer 4

2015

Question 5

Name all 8 Millennium Development Goals:

Answer 5

1) eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

2) achieve universal primary education

3) promote gender equality and empower women

4) reduce child mortality

5) improve maternal health

6) combat HIV/ AIDS, malaria and other diseases

7) to ensure environmental stability

8) develop a global partnership

Question 6

True or false: essentially all UN Millennium Development Goals failed

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Which was the only component of the Millennium Development Goals which was achieved?

Answer 7

reducing the proportion of people without access to improved sources of water (part of MDG7)

Question 8

What set of 17 goals replaced the Millennium Development Goals in 2015?

Answer 8

Sustainable Development Goals

Question 9

What is the demographic transition model?

Answer 9

the shift towards low death rates and birth rates due to modern factors such as urbanisation, industrialisation and improved medical technology

Question 10

What is the epidemiologic transition model?

Answer 10

the changing population patterns in leading causes of death in terms of life expectancy and fertility (e.g. an aging populating leads to non-communicable diseases emerging)

Question 11

Define ‘chronic disease’:

Answer 11

a disease that requires ongoing medical care, limits to what one can do and is likely to last longer than one year

Question 12

Approx. how many cancer deaths occur a year?

Answer 12

10 million

Question 13

What are the two most common cancer diagnoses across the globe?

Answer 13

1) female breast cancer

2) lung cancer

Question 14

Give three reasons as to why cancer mortality rate is higher in low/ medium HDI countries:

Answer 14

1) less awareness of signs and symptoms

2) poorer access to healthcare

3) less affordable treatments