nov 30 Flashcards
what is global health (3 answers)
-content accounts of global health
-geographical accounts of global health
-normative accounts of global health
the relevant content is specified by?
convention
content account of global health
courses of action/inaction to address health issues that are under the purview of existing global institutions or actors
(in and out of scope)
in scope
access to primary health care in rural india
out of scope
access to primary health care in london ON
geographical account of global health
-defines global health spatially/geographically
-focuses on issues that spatially impact the world
-focuses on issues that may only be solved by worldwide intervention and collaboration
geo account of global health in and out of scope
In scope: infectious disease pandemics
out of scope: the state of indigenous peoples health in canada
normative account of global health
-defines global health in ethical terms
-focuses on healtj issues that are considered to be ethically problematic, worthy of everyones moral attention
-the scope of global health is specified by ethical arguments regarding existing and historical wrongs characteristic of global trade, structural global inequalities, inequities in global power etc
with the normative account, everything is
inscope
IHR
international health regulations
the IHR
legal instrument that binds 196 countries
aims to help prevent and respond to acute public health risks that have the potential to cross boarders and threaten people
what led to the creation of the UN and WHO
world war II