Learning Module 5

HEALTH 10

Ms. Celeste
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Significance of Global
Health Initiatives (GHI)

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 Global health
 refers to the health of populations worldwide as opposed to the
health of individuals, according to the Kaiser Family
Foundation.

 It is concerned with health issues that transcend national

borders or have the potential to impact the world’s
economies and political climates.

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 Global Health Initiatives (GHIs)

 are humanitarian initiatives that raise and

disburse additional funds for infectious diseases,
immunization,

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 Significance of GHIs
Emphasizes prevention at the population level and
is vital to helping maintain global security.

Aims to improve worldwide health, access to health

care services and the quality of health care for all.

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 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

 are eight goals with measurable targets and clear deadlines

for improving the lives of the world's poorest people

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Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.

Achieve universal primary

education.
Promote Gender equality
and empower women.

Reduce child mortality

Improve maternal health

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Combat HIV/AIDS and other
diseases.
Ensure environmental sustainability.

Develop a global partnership for development.

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 Impact of Global Health
Initiatives on People’s Health

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 Global Health Initiatives
 World Health Organization Framework
Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO
FCTC)
It is the first treaty of WHO.
 The treaty’s provisions include rules that govern
the following:
1. Production
2. Sale
3. Distribution
4. Advertisement
5. Taxation of tobacco

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 Non-price measures to reduce the
demand for tobacco, namely:

a. protection from exposure to tobacco smoke;

b. regulation of the contents of tobacco products;
c. packaging and labeling of tobacco products;

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d. education, communication, training,
and public awareness;
e. tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship; and
f. demand reduction measures concerning tobacco
dependence and cessation.

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 Global Mental Health Action Plan

The action plan recognizes the essential role

of mental health of all people.

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 Below are the four (4) major objectives of the
mental health action plan:
1. Strengthen effective leadership and governance
2. Provide comprehensive, integrated, and
responsive social care services in community-
based settings

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3. Implement strategies for promotion and
prevention
4. Strengthen information systems,
evidence, and research

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 Global Strategy to Reduce the Harmful
Use of Alcohol

This global strategy is the first global effort

to reduce health threats such as harmful
consequences of alcohol use.

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 The harmful use of alcohol resulted in the
following:
1. It is the third leading risk factor for poor health
globally.
2. It was responsible for almost 4% of all deaths in the
world.
3. It can have devastating effects on individuals and
families
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Global Alliance for Vaccines and
Immunizations (GAVI)
This alliance is aimed at providing an
increased supply of vaccines and allowing
them to be more accessible to the population.
It also aimed at strengthening the research
development for better and cheaper vaccinations.

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 GAVI has set five (5) strategic
objectives:

1. Improve access to sustainable immunization

services;
2. Expand the use of all existing safe and cost-
effective vaccines;

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3. Accelerate research and development efforts on
vaccines and related products needed by developing
countries, especially those against HIV/AIDS,
malaria, and tuberculosis;

4. Accelerate the development and introduction of

new vaccines; and

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5. Make immunization coverage an integral
part of the design and assessment of
international development efforts, including
debt relief.

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 Impact of Global Health Initiatives
on People’s Health
 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

 More aid has flowed into education and public health

while also being directed toward poorer countries to
supplement the increases in domestically sourced
development finance.

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 MDGs were integral considerations in the policy formation
of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and
Malaria (Global Fund), which was created in 2002.

 Global Fund – is a 21st century partnership organization

designed to accelerate the end of AIDS, tuberculosis (TB),
and malaria as epidemic.

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 WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
(FCTC)
 In the US State of Arizona and Scotland, hospital
admission for asthma dropped after a year of strong
smoke-free legislation and the introduction of a smoke-
free law.
 Increases tax revenues to reduce tobacco use and
sustainability fund.
 Sin Tax Law was also introduced.
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  Global Mental Health Action Plan

 WHO has called for the closure of the long-stay

psychiatric institutions to replace them with community-
based residential facilities and short-stay psychiatric
wards in general hospitals to address the problem of the
care provided in mental hospitals that are associated with
poor treatment and human rights abuse.

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 Global Strategy to Reduce the Harmful
Use of Alcohol
• WHO and UN Partners give the following
strategies:
• Provide leadership
• Strengthen advocacy
• Formulate evidence-based policies

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• Promote networking among countries
• Strengthen partnerships and resource
mobilization
• Coordinate monitoring and alcohol-based harm
and the countries’ progress in addressing it

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  Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations
(GAVI)
 The introduction of new vaccines on both immunization and
health systems. However, the impacts may vary depending
on the strengths and weaknesses in the existing health
system, type, and relevance of service in a given set of
socioeconomic, and institutional, and cultural circumstances.

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