Multisectorial responses to global disease: primary health care Flashcards
1
Q
What is the ratio of doctors to patients in Australia?
A
1:500
2
Q
What is the ratio of doctors to patients in Mozambique?
A
1:35000
3
Q
How many hospital beds are there in Australia?
A
~55000
4
Q
How many hospital beds are there in Mozambique?
A
15000
5
Q
When was the WHO formed?
A
1948
6
Q
What were the goals of the World Health Assembly document from the WHO meeting in 1978?
A
- change in the way countries relate to each other to give developing countries more control
- change in the power structures within countries
- change in the power relationships within health services (giving normal people more control)
7
Q
Primary health care includes at least:
A
- education concerning prevailing health problems and the methods of preventing and controlling them
- promotion of food supply and proper nutrition
- an adequate supply of safe water and basic sanitation
- maternal and child health care, including family planning
- immunization against the major infections diseases
- prevention and control of locally endemic diseases
- appropriate treatment of common diseases and injuries
- provision of essential drugs
8
Q
What replaced the comprehensive primary health care concept?
A
- Growth monitoring
- Oral rehydration solution
- Breastfeeding
- Immunisation
later added by UNICEF:
- Female education
- Family planning
- Food supplementation
