Unit 4 Aos 2 Flashcards
List the WHO priorities
Achieving universal health coverage, addressing health emergencies, and promoting healthier population
How will WHO aim to address and achieve universal health coverage
Service access and quality of medicines, vaccines, and health products – WHO will ensure countries have appropriate access to affordable and quality medicines vaccines and health products as the main cause of financial hardship is the expense of essential medicines.
Advocacy for human rights such as global awareness of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and for investments in health systems.
How will WHO aim to address health emergencies
Building and sustaining resilient national, regional, and global capacities required to keep the world safe from epidemics and other health emergencies
Increasing health emergency detection through early warning and emergency preparedness schemes and response by implementing International Health Regulations (IHR).
How will WHO aim to achieve promoting healthier populations
Tackling antimicrobial resistance – By working with countries to support their elimination efforts for preventable, treatable, communicable diseases and infections such as viral hepatitis, neglected tropical disease such as dengue
Outline the two components of universal health coverage
Access to health services: access to the services needed to achieve good health including health promotion, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.
Financial protection: financial protection that prevents ill-health from leading to poverty which works to address health inequities.
Types of aid
Emergency, bilateral, multilateral, non government
Who does Australian provide aid to?
The Indo-pacific of pacific regions in countries such as Indonesia, Papua New Guinea South and East Asia, South and West Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa
Three features of Australia’s aid program
promoting prosperity, reducing poverty and enhancing stability.
Purpose of Australia’s aid program
To promote Australia’s national interest by contributing to sustainable economic grown and poverty reduction
Outline an example of Australia’s aid program at work
Allowing more women in Fiji to run businesses of ecologically sustainable handicrafts through the Women’s Fund Fiji. With their products being sold in international markets the profit is helping their families in their villages sustaining a steady source of income for its artisans. Thus, its success has caused women to diversify in oyster mushroom farming with women feeling ‘confident to lead other women and also speak out [as they] are doing work that men do’.
The programs or work of World Vision include…
Emergency relief, advocacy and collaboration, and long-term development projects
World Vision projects have an emphasis on…
The needs of children, long-term viability and sustainability, and HIV and AIDS education and prevention
List the elements used to evaluate the effectives of a program
Ownership, partnerships, results focused, transparency and accountability
World Vision is funded by
The Australian government, child sponsorship, or fundraising such as the 40-Hour Famine
Ownership
Effectiveness is rooted in involving local people who are most in need by respecting their values, culture, customs, and rights which will make a program more likely to be accepted by the local people increasing involvement resulting in the programs success. Understands and meets a real need in the community providing significant improvements in a culturally appropriate, culturally friendly way, delivered in the local language that is accessible for everyone.
Partnerships
Partnerships provide strengths in a program by incorporating more than one stakeholder such as non-government organizations (NGO’s) or multilateral or bilateral aid partnerships. Openness, trust, and mutual respect are at the core of effective partnerships with each partner needing to recognize and value the contribution of the others
Results focused
Focused on achieving a specific set of goals or aims that offer long-term sustainable solutions which seek to eradicate poverty and reducing inequalities. Through measuring the success of the program and its attained results, it can be seen how effective it is in meeting its goals or aims
Transparency and accountability
Ensuring all necessary information available?
Ensuring the funds going where they are meant to
Is the program funded by a company or organization who stands to gain
Describe 3 examples of social change (action)
Individuals can volunteer their time to assist in raising funds or be part of a volunteer program designed to improve the lives of others and their communities; Donating time, money or things
Using purchasing power to buy products that support actions to promote social groups, where the profits can be used to bring about social change; Ethical purchasing
The Earth has a finite supply of many resources and it is important to use only what is needed to promote sustainable future for generations to come; Think sustainably & don’t waste
Aid
Assistance given to countries or communities in the event of a crisis or for the development of long-term sustainable improvements
Achieving universal health coverage
A public health idea that means receiving the health services you need, when and where you need them, without facing financial hardship.
Addressing health emergencies
Every country is vulnerable to epidemics, we need to ensure that we are prepared for emergencies and work with countries to improve emergency risk management capabilities.
Expert aid
A type of aid the Australian government contributes to that uses Australian companies and individual experts to develop projects that will address the Australian government’s aid priorities
Non-government organizations (NGO’s)
Non-for-profit groups that are organized on local, national, or international levels and take different approaches to aid such as through emergency aid, volunteering, or health and development, often focused on communities, and aim to improve conditions and provide opportunities and choice
