Unit 4 AOS 2: Aid Flashcards
1
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What is global health
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- Health of populations in a worldwide context
- Goes beyond perspectives and concerns of individual countries
- Is about an international collaborative approach to achieving equity in health for all people worldwide
2
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What is human development?
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- Enhancing human abilities
(develop knowledge, live a long and health life, achieving a decent standard of living) - Creating conditions for human development
(participation in political and community life, human security and human rights, gender equality, environmental sustainability)
3
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What is the interrelationship between Health and Human Development?
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- PMS
- Good health allows individuals in living a long and healthy life and contributes to children being able to attend school and develop knowledge they need to make choices about their everyday lives
4
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What is the interrelationship between health and sustainability?
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- Economic, social, environmental sustainability
- Good health allows children to attend school increasing social sustainability
- When people are healthy there is a greater chance for them to attend school and get education and then find secure employment and earn an income increasing economic sustainability
- People who earn a good income increase their rate of having access to safe water, food and shelter which increases economic and environmental sustainability
5
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What is the interrelationship between human development and sustainability?
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- With human development comes increase knowledge and education
- It is through education that individuals develop the knowledge and skills required to promote all three types of sustainability
6
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What is sustainable human development?
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- Current/future generations reaching their full potential
- And leading healthy, creative and productive lives in accordance with their needs and interests
- Enables current/future generations to participate in the lives of their communities and influence the decisions that affect their lives
7
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What is emergency aid?
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- Rapid assistance given to people or countries in immediate distress to relieve suffering
- Can be provided through provision of food, medicine, shelter, health workers, doctors
- Short term and used to keep people alive
8
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What is bilateral aid?
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- Provision of aid from the government of one country to another
9
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What is multilateral aid?
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- Aid provided through international organisations such as WHO
- Combines donations from a number of countries and distributes them to recipients
- Addresses health issues on a global level
10
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What is NGO aid?
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- Operates separate from the Government
- Non profit organisation
- Focus on meeting basic health needs, community development and emergency aid
e. g. World Vision Australia
11
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Who is DFAT? What do they provide to developing countries?
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- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Government provides Official Development Assistance
- Government committed approx 28% of GNI for overseas aid
- Provides aid to 75 countries including Indonesia and Papa New Guinea
12
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How does Australian government provide aid?
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- Providing funds to international organisations such as the UN and WHO (multilateral aid)
- Providing humanitarian assistance in times of need (emergency aid)
- Forming bilateral partnerships with developing countries
- Funding NGO’s
13
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What are the six priority areas for Australia’s aid initiative?
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- Infrastructure, trade facilitation and international competitiveness
- Agriculture, fisheries and water
- Education and health
- Gender equality and empowering women and girls
- Effective governance: policies, institutions and functioning economies
- Building resilience: humanitarian assistance, disaster risk reduction and social protection
14
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What is infrastructure, trade facilitation and international competitiveness
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- Refers to improving infrastructure in developing countries as well as improving trade opportunities and reducing poverty
- Without sustainable infrastructure people cannot get access to health clinics which can impact on children going to school as they are sick and therefore not getting an education
15
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What is education and health?
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- Works to improve health by having equitable, accesible and affordable health systems for all people so everyone can live healthy and productive lives
- Works to improve education so people can live productive lives in accordance with their needs and interests (earn an income)