Unit 4 AOS 2 New

Question 1

Two rationales of the UN’s SDGs

Answer 1

• Progress of the MDG’s was uneven across regions and countries, leaving millions of people behind, such as those disadvantaged by sex or by disability
• New global challenges such as conflict and and mass migration had emerged that needed to be considered for the new global goals

Question 2

Objectives of the UN’s SDGs

Answer 2

• End extreme poverty
• Address climate change
• Fight Inequality and Injustice

Question 3

SDG 1

Answer 3

No poverty

Question 4

SDG 2

Answer 4

Zero Hunger

Question 5

SDG 3

Answer 5

Good Health and Wellbeing

Question 6

SDG 4

Answer 6

Quality Education

Question 7

SDG 5

Answer 7

Gender Equality

Question 8

SDG 6

Answer 8

Clean water and sanitation

Question 9

SDG 13

Answer 9

Climate Action

Question 10

Key Features of SDG3 that represent Health and Wellbeing outcomes

Answer 10

1. Reduce maternal and child mortality
2. Reduce communicable diseases
3. Reduce non-communicable diseases

Question 11

Relationship between SDG 3 and SDG 1

Answer 11

Governments of poverty-stricken countries tend to not invest into resources that provide health and wellbeing services such as safe water and sanitation, all of which can affect people’s ability to enjoy good health and wellbeing

Question 12

Relationship between SDG 3 and SDG 2

Answer 12

Achieving the goal of zero hunger will allow wellbeing of people such as mothers and children to improve, reducing under-five and maternal mortality rates.

Question 13

Relationship between SDG 3 and SDG 4

Answer 13

Collaborative action is needed between the health and education sectors, due to education being the foundation for improving people’s lives and achieving good health and wellbeing

Question 14

Relationship between SDG 3 and SDG 5

Answer 14

Actions taken to achieve gender equality allows economic growth for these underpriveleged genders, allowing them to access health and wellbeing facilities that will lead to better health outcomes

Question 15

Relationship between SDG 3 and SDG 6

Answer 15

Without clean water and sanitation, things such as communicable diseases and maternal mortality will not be reduced to achieve good health and wellbeing

Question 16

Relationship between SDG 3 and SDG 13

Answer 16

Reducing climate change can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve health and well-being through inhalation of clean air

Question 17

Two core functions of the WHO

Answer 17

• Provide leadership and create partnerships to promote health and wellbeing
• Monitor health and wellbeing and assess health and wellbeing trends

Question 18

Priorities of the WHO

Answer 18

• Achieving universal health coverage
• Promoting healthier populations
• Address health emergencies

Question 19

Universal Health Coverage

Answer 19

Refers to every country having a strong and resilient people-centred health system based on primary care, health promotion and disease prevention

Question 20

Promoting Healthier populations

Answer 20

Focuses on the achievement of the health and wellbeing targets in SDG 3

Question 21

Types of aid

Answer 21

Emergency/Humanitarian, Bilateral, Multilateral

Question 22

Emergency aid

Answer 22

Immediate aid that’s provided during emergences, conflict or natural disasters

Question 23

Bilateral aid

Answer 23

Aid in any form (economic, political, health systems) provided from the government of one country to the government of another country

Question 24

Multilateral aid

Answer 24

Aid is provided through an international organisation, such as the UN.

Question 25

Advantages of aid provided by NGOs

Answer 25

• Can often access areas that other forms of aid are unable to reach
• Promotes community development and participation

Question 26

Features of Australia’s aid program

Answer 26

• Provision of Official Development Assistance (0.22% of GNI)
• Indo-pacific region is the focus of Australia’s aid

Question 27

Priorities of Australia’s Aid Initiatives

Answer 27

• Education and Health
• Agriculture, Fisheries and Water

Question 28

Australia’s Aid partnerships

Answer 28

• Bilateral partnerships
• Multilateral organisations

Question 29

What is a Non-government Organisation and what are some examples?

Answer 29

Non government organisations (such as the WHO, Oxfam and Australian Red Cross) are able to target small communities and specialise in providing individual care for them

Question 30

Role of WHO / OXFAM / Red Cross

Answer 30

The WHO is an NGO, which works with vulnerable people and communities, providing aid during humanitarian issues such as forced migration of people, providing food and water to keep people alive.

Question 31

Features of effective aid programs

Answer 31

• Results focused
• Partnerships

Question 32

Example of an effective aid program

Answer 32

Kiribati adaptation Program

Question 33

Kiribati Adaptation Program

Answer 33

This program is a multilateral collaboration between the World Bank and Australia, Japan and Kiribati, utilising rainwater harvesting systems that enable locals to access clean water, free of disease-causing pathogens, thus reducing the risk of locals acquiring diarrheal diseases.

Question 34

Social action examples

Answer 34

• Volunteer
• Donate money to NGOs

Question 35

How does the Kiribati Adaptation Program promote Health and Wellbeing?

Answer 35

The program grants locals access to clean water that is free of disease-causing pathogens. This means that the locals are well enough to ‘perform daily tasks’ such as going to work, promoting Physical Health and Wellbeing

Question 36

How does the Kiribati Adaptation Program promote Human Development?

Answer 36

This program worked with each community to establish operation and maintenance teams, who were responsible for the systems and their maintenance. This knowledge ‘enhanced the capabilities’ of the locals involved, thus promoting human development

Question 37

Which SDGs are addressed by the Kiribati Adaptation Program

Answer 37

SDG 3 and SDG 6

Question 38

Role of WHO / Oxfam / Red Cross in promoting Human Development

Answer 38

Providing people with food and water can allow them to ‘develop to their full potential’, so that they can perform day to day tasks and develop as a human.

Question 39

Role of WHO / Oxfam / Red Cross in promoting Health and Wellbeing

Answer 39

Providing people with food and water allows them to be nutritionally apt to live, meaning they can ‘perform daily tasks adequately’ such as gaining an income.