Week 10: tech and SDH Flashcards
What is meant by the term leapfrogging?
leapfrogging is when developing countries get ahead with technological advancements and skip the gradual adoption process
- What is Zipline and what do they do?
- what is restricted in the US?
- drones are the future of connected ____
- they were the first and only national scale medical drone delivery service
- UAV’s are restricted but these are the future of delivering timely and efficient care globally from one place to another
- connected care
what is the solution to understanding global health studies
- it relies on transnational collaboration and coordination
- be on the radar of governments and organizations
- they must be in the global lens and to be recognized as one that requires global attention
what are some examples of global health crises?
- refugee crisis
- climate change
- tuberculosis
what is TB?
- infectious disease that can be spread through droplets and throughout the body
- one of the top 10 causes of death
- people with HIV can be more susceptible to it
Based on TB:
- T/F: TB is evenly distributed
- ___% of cases are in ___ income countries
- large gaps between the ___ and the ____ countries cause challenges for people to access housing, clean water, food and health care
- Which groups of people are more susceptible to TB?
- which province with indigenous people had the highest case count. How many times higher?
- F
- 95%, low income
- rich and poor
- elderly, people with HIV, homeless, indigenous people
- Nunavut indigenous communities, 260x higher
- according to the UN development goals, when is the target year for ending the TB epidemic?
- what does the goal say?
- 2030
- it is a goal because untreated or poorly treated TB poses risks to global health and security. There are variants that could arise with more severe cases
treating a disease is not just about _______ it is about finding the underlying ______
medication, cases
what are the challenges of finding TB cases?
- the symptoms of TB is common with other diseases: weight loss, fever, cough
- coexisting potential damages like poor living conditions, households with too many people- can be difficult to track the cases
- people may not seek care for TB because of economic hardship, too far away, leaving kids unattended
what are the challenges of TB treatment?
- TB is so infectious that new variants arise all the time so one treatment may not work on another patient
- TB treatment is long- 6 months
- hard on the body
- requires monitoring of medication times
what are the 3 pillars needed to reach the objective of ending TB by 2030? explain each
- integrated, patient centred care and prevention
- puts patients at the heart of service delivery
- focuses on early detection, treatment and prevention
- ensures that all TB patients have equal unhindered access to affordable services and engage in their care - bold policies and supportive systems
- requires intense participation across governments, communities and private stakeholders
- strengthens health and social sector policies and systems to prevent and end TB
- supports implementation of universal health coverage and regulatory frameworks
- addresses the SD of TB by looking at marginalized groups who are most vulnerable - intensified research and innovation
- crucial to break the trajectory of epidemic and reach the global target
- develop new tools through investments
what is the drone-observed therapy system (DrOTS) in Madagascar?
- was developed in madagascar because it is so poor and the cases were extremely high
- was a test project to test the potential of new tech in case finding and treatment
- used technique of leapfrogging to find the solution using innovations
which of the following 2 are NOT an innovation used to leapfrog the solution in the DROTS project?
a) instructional videos shown on phones
b) medication reminders/recorders
c) the use of pamphlets and informational books
d) drones for transport
e) helicopters for transporting test kids
f) remote symptom monitoring
c) and e)
how does the DROTS testing plan work?
- community health care worker calls the drone landing spot to ask for a testing kid
- there is an instructional video to understand how to take a sputum sample and load it back into the drone to send to a hospital
- the results would be sent back to the community health care workers
- case would mean that the individual has to watch a video about the treatment. The MERM would treat for 30 days and remind the patient to take medication
what are the problems of the DROTS plan?
- imported from the US
- the MERM device are not always available and are costly
