Health Trends,

Issues and
Concerns
(Global Level)
 LEARNING TARGETS
▪ I can discuss the significance of global health initiatives.
▪ I can describe how global health initiatives can positively
impact people’s health in various countries.
▪ I can analyze issues in the implementation of Global
health Initiatives
▪ I can recommend ways of adopting global health
initiatives to local or national context
 ▪ Diverse health issues and trends which
GLOBAL call for all nations to address and act on to
HEALTH promote and protect health of individuals
and groups across boundaries.
 ▪ The term “global health” rose in
popularity along with the rise of
GLOBAL globalization. Both terms improved public
HEALTH awareness of vulnerabilities and shared
responsibilities among people for the
different injustices in the world.
 ▪ Are humanitarian initiatives that raise and
GLOBAL disburse additional funds for infectious
HEALTH diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis
INITIATIV and malaria- for immunization and for
ES strengthening health systems in
developing countries.
 ▪ GHIs classify a type of global initiative
which is defined as an organized effort
integrating the involvement of organizations,
GLOBAL
HEALTH individuals and stakeholders around the
INITIATIV world to address a global issues (i.e. climate
ES change, human rights, environmental
sanitation and others.
 What are the existing
global health initiatives?
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MDGS GMHAP GAVI

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FCTC GSRHUA
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Millennium Are the world’s time bound and
Development quantified targets for addressing
Goals extreme poverty in its many
angles.
(MDGs)
 The Millennium
Development Goals
(MDGs) are the eight
international
developmental goals.
These eight global goals
were set by 189 countries
in 2000 as a result of the
Millennium Summit of the
United Nations.
 The eight
goals are as
follows:
Developing countries (Africa and Asia) suffer
from extreme poverty and hunger. Poverty and
hunger leads to malnutrition which leads to
lifelong physical and cognitive (learning and
reasoning) damage and affects health, wellbeing
and economy.
 Strengthened nutrition
programs for children
and infants

Education Promoting
gender equality

Producing Investing more

more jobs in agriculture
Support and protection of
developing and vulnerable
countries during crisis.
 Persons, particularly women who are
educated are more likely to seek medical
care especially during pregnancy, ensuring
proper nutrition for their family, adapting
healthy sanitary practices and ensuring
immunization for their family.
As an effect, infants and children have
better survival rates, are healthier and
better.
 Gender equality means equal
representation of men and women. It
implies that all gender should have
equal value and treatment.
Programs and policies which help
reduce child mortality like improving
nutritional intake, healthcare facilities
and infrastructure, and other fields
which improve children’s lives.
Strengthening local and national health
programs and policies is one way to
reduce child mortality.
Improved maternal health is not
only about mother’s health but
also involves the health and
wellness of the family.
 Maternal health also helps eradicate
other problems like poverty, gender
inequality, decreased workforce, lower
birth deaths and disability of women.
Emerging and re-emerging deseases
like HIV/AIDS, malaria, influenza
and other diseases affect
productivity and growth of nations
 Improved housing
conditions

Increased access
Promoting
to anti malaria-
medical
medicine
screening

Promoting safer
sex behavior
Investing and supporting sustainable
energy like solar, wind and water
energy help support jobs and create
business opportunities.
 The United Nations, World Health Organization,
World Bank and governments work together to make
sure there is fair trade and that heavily debited
countries obtain relief and funds to combat poverty,
malnutrition and funds for education and social
project.
2015 2030
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World Health Organization

WHO FCTC Framework Convention on
Tobacco Control
 The FCTC is the world’s first
modern-day global public
health treaty about the effects of
WHAT? tobacco consumption. It is
negotiated under the World
Health Organization.
 The treaty is aimed to set universal
standards and limit in the use of
tobacco in all forms all throughout
the world. This is to protect the
WHY? current and future generations of
people from the negative effects of
tobacco to health, to the
environment, and to society in
general.
 The proposed specific steps by
the FCTC for the government to
HOW? solve tobacco-related problems
are:
 • Adopt tax and price
measures to reduce tobacco
HOW? consumption
• Ban tobacco advertising,
promotion, and sponsorship
 • Create-smoke free work and
public spaces
HOW? • Put prominent health
warnings on tobacco
packages
• Combat illicit trade in
tobacco products
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A plan led by WHO to develop
mental health services.
Global Mental It also includes the support of
Health Action having a mental health program
Plan in each community in a country.
 • Strengthen effective leadership and
governance for mental health
• Provide comprehensive, integrated,
and responsive mental health and
Objectives social care services in community-
based settings
 • Implement strategies for the
promotion of mental health and the
prevention of mental health
Objectives problems
• Strengthen information systems,
evidence and research for mental
health.
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Global Strategy This program led by the World
Health Organization to save
to Reduce the people’s lives from the
Harmful Use of dangerous effects of alcohol
Alcohol use.
 There is an increased incidence of
health problems related to the use of
alcohol. Alcohol is considered as the
WHY? third leading risk factor for poor
health all over the world.
 The global strategy will be
implemented by engaging all
countries who participate in the
treaty, the international development
HOW? partners, and public and private
health and research institutions.
 The four priority areas for global
action are:
• Public health advocacy and
partnership
HOW? • Technical support and capacity
building
• Production and dissemination of
knowledge
• Resource mobilization
 Is a global health partnership
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which is aimed at universal
Global Alliance immunization.
for Vaccines It aims to save children’s lives
and and protect people’s lives by
Immunizations increasing access to
immunization in poor countries.
 GAVI would like to ensure that
new vaccines are available to
WHY? poor countries at an affordable
rate.
What are the current
health issues and
concerns in your
community?
 What will the world be
like if health issues and
concerns are not properly
addressed by people
around the world?
If you are a health worker
in your community, what
health issues and
concerns do you think
should be addressed
immediately? Why?