Role Of International Agencies And NGOs

Question 1

What is WHOs role?

Answer 1

Direct and coordinate international health within the UNs system.
Health care systems.
Treatments
Work work NGOs

Question 2

What diseases does the WHO focus on?

Answer 2

Malaria.
Women’s health.
HIV 
Ebola 
Sanitation

Question 3

Criticism of who?

Answer 3

Over bureaucratic

Lacking practical frontline application.

Question 4

Name 2 WHO successes.

Answer 4

Polio eradication by 99%

Help develop MDGs

Question 5

Which agency helps prevention and treatment of HIV

Answer 5

UNAIDS

Question 6

What is UNICEFs aim

Answer 6

Helping achieve sustainable development goals.

Reverse spread of aids and malaria

Question 7

How much external health do NGOs give to developing countries ?

Answer 7

20%

Question 8

What scale do NGOs work on ?

Answer 8

Local
National
International

Question 9

Who are NGOs funded by?

Answer 9

Public donations

Question 10

Name some NGOs

Answer 10

Oxfam
Wikimedia
Brac

Question 11

Where are NGOs being increasingly promoted ?

Answer 11

LICs

Governments cannot cope with epidemics

Question 12

How do NGOs provide help to LICs

Answer 12

Health care
Food
Shelter
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Question 13

Name 3 attributes NGOs have that increase their effectiveness?

Answer 13

Reach areas of severe need.
Local involvement.
Sustainability, adaptivness

Question 14

Name 4 main areas NGOs play in health promotion and provision

Answer 14

Service providers
Social welfare
Support activities
Research

Question 15

Service providers

Answer 15

Treating illness in the absence of existing government

Question 16

Social welfare activities

Answer 16

Ensuring health infrastructure is in place

Clean water

Question 17

Support activities

Answer 17

Working with and training locals

CPR

Question 18

Research

Answer 18

To improve efficient of prevents campaigns

Question 19

Name 3 things NGOs help with

Answer 19

Family planning
Food distribution
Water groups

Question 20

Name 4 advantages of NGOs

Answer 20

Meet specific community needs - sustainable.
Long term commitment.
More cost effective than governments.
Can go to remote areas and undertake missions where governments can’t do

Question 21

Name 4 limitations of NGOs

Answer 21

Financial and management.
Small scale.
Difficult to regulate.
Lack legitimacy

Question 22

What 3 groups are international health organisations divided into ?

Answer 22

Multilateral.
Bilateral.
Non- governmental

Question 23

What does multilateral mean?

Answer 23

Funding comes from multiple governments and distributed to many countries.
Un

Question 24

What does bilateral mean

Answer 24

Governmental agencies in single countries providing aid to developing countries
USAID

Question 25

Project hope.

Answer 25

Largest ngo devoted to international health In USA.

Annual budget exceeding $100 million

Question 26

Oxfam.

Answer 26

Most important in long term international health.
UK 1943
Helps 10 other countries.

Question 27

Humanitarian NGOs

Answer 27

Red Cross

Red crescent movement

Question 28

Medecine sans frontiers MSF

Answer 28

Health aid to victims of war and natural disasters.

Enters war torn areas.

Question 29

What 3 groups are health organisations divided into ?

Answer 29

Mulilateral
Bilateral
Non governmental

Question 30

Term multilateral

Answer 30

Means that funding comes from multiple governments

Distributed to many different countries

Question 31

Eg of multilateral organisations

Answer 31

United Nations

World health organisation