HEALTH

Quarter 3 – Module 2
Introductory Message
This Learning Activity Sheet (LAS) is prepared so that you, our dear learners, can
continue your studies and learn while at home. Activities, questions, directions,
exercises, and discussions are carefully stated for you to understand each lesson.

Each LAS is composed of different parts. Each part shall guide you step-by-step as you
discover and understand the lesson prepared for you.

“EXPLORE” are provided to measure your prior knowledge on lessons in each LAS. This
will tell you if you need to proceed on completing this module or if you need to ask your
facilitator or your teacher’s assistance for better understanding of the lesson. At the end of each
module, you need to answer “ASSESSMENT” to self-check your learning.

In addition to the material in the main text, Notes to the Teacher are also provided to our
facilitators and parents for strategies and reminders on how they can best help you on your
home-based learning.

Please use this module with care. And read the instructions carefully before performing
each task.

If you have any questions in using this LAS or any difficulty in answering the tasks in this
module, do not hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator.

Thank you.

EXPLORE:
 Lesson 2 – Global Health Initiatives
After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Describe how global health initiatives positively impact people’s health in various
countries
2. Analyzes issues in the implementation of global health initiatives; and
Activity 1: ISSUES, CONCERNS AND TRENDS (ICT)
Direction: Write in each box the different health issues, concerns and trends encountered
around the world. These issues, concerns and trends may have been mentioned in the readings
but should be addressed by international and national communities.

The Global Fight against Communicable Diseases

C. Roll Back Malaria.
Roll Back Malaria is a global effort to reduce the number of deaths
from malaria infection through heightened prevention tools, rapid response to
outbreaks, development of new anti-malarial products, and effective treatment
of the infection.

Specific objective:

1. To enable and to increase the capacity of caregivers to recognize malaria

promptly and take early appropriate action;
2. To empower service providers by imparting adequate knowledge, skill and
capacity which enable them to respond to malaria illness appropriately;
3. To create an enabling environment for implementation.
GLOBAL HEALTH
ISSUES, CONCERNS
D. Stop TB. & TRENDS
Stop TB is a global effort to prevent further
transmission of tuberculosis or TB around the world.
One of the programs for Stop TB is the implementation
of the TB-DOTS short-course strategy.

GLOBAL HEALTH INITIATIVES One of the benefits of globalization to the world is the
development and improvement of various health initiatives initiated by different nations and
governments to address health issues and concerns. Global health initiatives are programs set
in motion by the United Nations through the World Health Organization and in partnership with
the World Bank which targets specific health problems including but not limited to emerging and
re-emerging diseases, climate change, environmental sanitation, mental health, tobacco
regulation, and alcohol use.Some of the global health initiatives spearheaded by the World
Health Organization include the following:
 The following summarizes the WHO FCTC provisions:
1. Price and tax measures to reduce the demand for tobacco, and
2. Non-price measures to reduce the demand for tobacco, namely:
• Protection from exposure to tobacco smoke;
• Regulation of the contents of tobacco products;
• Regulation of tobacco product disclosures;
• New packaging and labeling of tobacco products;
• Education, communication, training and public awareness;
• Demand reduction measures concerning tobacco dependence and
cessation; and
• Tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship.

Global Strategy to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol.

The Global Strategy to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol recognizes the close ties
between the harmful use of alcohol and the socio-economic development of a nation. Likewise,
this strategy builds and supports other global health initiatives like the global strategy for the
prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.

Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Non-

communicable Diseases.

The Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of

Non-communicable Diseases is a global action plan to
prevent and control the following non-communicable
Objectives

1. To achieve universal access to high-quality diagnosis and patient-centered

treatment
2. To reduce the suffering and socio-economic burden associated with TB
3. To protect poor and vulnerable populations from TB, TB/HIV and multi
drug-resistant – TB (MDR-TB)
4. To support development of new tools and enable their timely and effective
use.

E. Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization

The Global Alliance for Vaccines
and Immunization is a global strategy
which aims to strengthen children’s
immunization programs and introduce
new generation of licensed vaccines
into use in developing countries across
the globe. These new vaccines which
could help reduce the number of deaths
in children aged 5 years old and below
includes:

• Hepatitis B vaccine
• Childhood meningitis vaccine
• Yellow fever vaccine
• Influenza vaccine
diseases: cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, cancers, and diabetes and the
four shared risk factors: unhealthy eating, physical inactivity, tobacco use and alcohol use.

Objectives of the Action Plan:

 To raise the priority accorded to non-communicable disease at global and national levels
and to integrate prevention and control of such diseases into policies across all
governments
 To establish and strengthen national policies and plans for the prevention and control of
non-communicable diseases
 To promote interventions to reduce the main shared but preventable risk factors for non-
communicable diseases: unhealthy eating, physical inactivity, tobacco use, and harmful
use of alcohol
 To promote research for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases
 To promote partnerships for the prevention and control of non -communicable diseases
 To monitor non-communicable diseases and their causal factors and evaluate progress
at the local, national and global levels

Global Initiative for Mental Health

• Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020
The “Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020” is the
result of extensive research and consultations by stakeholders, member-
nations, academic and non-government centers across the globe. The mental
health action plan should be impartial, life-based, and preventive in nature. It
basically addresses the following:

• To fight and alleviate negative trends in mental health,

• To improve and make mental health services and care accessible,
and
• To prevent abuse of rights and unjust treatment against people
with mental problems, disorders, and disabilities which are still
ENGAGE prevalent around the world.

Activity 2: PRESENT AND FUTURE

Think of the present status of these global health issues and concerns. Write
these in the Present column. Predict what will happen if these global health issues
and concerns are properly addressed by different nations. Write these in the Future
column.

Present Global Health Issues and Concerns Future

Communicable Diseases

Tobacco and Alcohol Use

Mental Health
APPLY/ASSESSMENT

Activity 3: GUESS AND FIND

Direction: Read and analyze each sentence and find the answer on the given crossword puzzle
below. Cross out the word/words. Example: NUTRITION

1. any disease transmitted from one person to another by direct or indirect contact
2. a non-communicable disease characterized by abnormally high blood sugar
levels with symptoms like excessive urination and persistent thirst
3. a gateway drug which depresses the central nervous system. It is an active
ingredient in beverages like brandy, beer, rum and wine
 4. the health of the world as a whole; the area of study, research and practice which
gives priority on improving and achieving equal health for all people worldwide
5. a program or strategy which addresses health issues, concerns, and trends
6. the act of making a person immune from certain diseases
7. insufficient or excessive intake of food and nutrients; inability to absorb food
properly
8. disease not transmitted through direct or indirect disease contact and non-
infectious
9. the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum period
10. infection of the lungs but may also occur in other body parts as caused by a
bacteria which or break in tissue.

Activity 4: DEAR MR. PRESIDENT

Direction: Write a letter addressed to the President of the Republic of the

Philippines about the full and immediate implementation of health initiatives.
Give reasons why these health initiatives should be implemented and acted
upon to ensure the health and wellness of Filipinos. Use short bond paper then
attached it in your Learner’s Activity Sheet (LAS).

Criteria 4 3 2 1

Text may be
The letter is The letter is Letter is
creatively eye-catching difficult to unattractive or
designed with and attractive. inappropriate.
read. May have
easily read text. Text is easy to Text is difficult
Layout and some grammar
Grammar, read. Grammar, to read. It does
design and or
style, and style, and not have proper
punctuation
purpose all punctuation are grammar or
that indicate it
excellent for a indicative of a punctuation for
is a friendly
friendly letter. friendly letter. a friendly letter.
letter.

Information is Information is Some Information is

accurate and well written and information is poorly written,
Information, complete, is interesting to provided, but is inaccurate, or
style, creatively read. limited or incomplete.
audience, tone written, and is inaccurate.
cleverly
presented.

Accurate Parts Letter is Some elements Most elements Improper

of the Friendly complete with out of place or out of place or friendly letter
all required missing. missing. form
Letter
elements.

Excellent job on Style, purpose, Information is Grammar,

Grammar, presentation, audience, mislabeled or punctuation,
Punctuation, style, grammar, grammar, and missing. and choice of
and choice of and punctuation all Inaccurate words poor for
words for the punctuation. fair and punctuation or a friendly letter.
friendly letter indicative of a grammar.
friendly letter.

Students are Students stay Students Students are

always on task, in their area occasionally often out of
stay in their and talk quietly leave area their area
Follows
own area, and to their own without without
Guidelines work quietly. partner only. permission. permission and
and Students are disruptive
followed project to the class.
Directions
directions and
classroom
directions.

Total: 20 points
Activity 3 Activity 1 & 2
1. Communicable Disease 9. Maternal Health
2. Diabetes 10. Tuberculosis Students answer/
3. Alcohol output may vary.
4. Global Health
5. Health Initiative
6. Immunization
7. Malnutrition
8. Non-communicable Disease
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