QUARTER 3

Significance of

HEALTH 10 Q3 Week 1 Lesson 1

Learning Competency:

 discusses the
significance of global
health initiatives
(H10HC-IIIa-1)
Direction: Recall at least two
different health-related problems
in the world that you know. Write
these problems in the first column
and identify what appropriate
global health initiative will
address the problems you have
mentioned. Write the
corresponding answers in the
second column.
Health Problems Global Health
Initiatives
 Describe the
message of the
picture in relation
to the importance
of global health
initiatives.
Unlocking of Terms:
Global Fund

Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI)

World Health Organization (WHO)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF)

GLOBAL HEALTH

 is the understanding of health care in an international and

interdisciplinary context. It includes the study, research,
and practice of medicine with focus and emphasis on
improving health and health care equity for populations
worldwide.
 Global health initiatives cover both medical and non-
medical disciplines such as epidemiology, sociology,
economic disparities, public policy, environmental factors,
cultural studies, etc.
 GLOBAL HEALTH INITIATIVES

1. Global Fund HEALTH INITIATIVES IMPORTANCE

 Accelerating the end  The fund bolsters
 is a partnership
of AIDS, TB, Malaria
designed to accelerate
the end of AIDS, as epidemics - Global
Tuberculosis, and Fund mobilizes and
Malaria as epidemics. - invests more than 4
is a financing billion dollars a year
mechanism rather to support programs
than an implementing run by local experts in
agency. more than 100
countries.
initiatives and programs
that fight TB, Malaria
and AIDS. Sufficient
budget gives the
mechanism to sustain
certain programs
anchored on such noble
objective.
 GLOBAL HEALTH INITIATIVES
2. Global Alliance for HEALTH INITIATIVES IMPORTANCE
Vaccines and  Innovation for  It ensures that vaccines
Immunizations (GAVI) – Uptake, Scale and for immunity are
 a global Vaccine sufficient in target
Equity in
countries. This helps
Alliance, bringing Immunization boost the immune
together public and (INFUSE) system of target
private sectors with  It seeks to bridge the beneficiaries.
the shared goal of gap between vaccine
creating equal access delivery innovators
to new and underused and implementing
vaccines for children countries
living in the world’s
poorest countries.
 GLOBAL HEALTH INITIATIVES

3. World Health HEALTH INITIATIVES IMPORTANCE

 Alliance for Healthy  It encourages local
Organization governments to
 It is designated to Cities -It is an
incorporate health
serve as the lead international network
issues and health
agency tasked to aiming to protect and concerns into all
direct and coordinate enhance the health of aspects of public policy
with all member city dwellers thru
nations regarding legislations and
leadership, issuances.
supervision, technical
support, and education
on matters about
health..
 GLOBAL HEALTH INITIATIVES

3. World Health HEALTH INITIATIVES IMPORTANCE

 WHO Framework  It aims at protecting
Organization present and future
 It is designated to Convention on
generations from the
serve as the lead Tobacco Control
devastating health,
agency tasked to (WHO-FCTC) - It is the social, environmental,
direct and coordinate first treaty negotiated and economic
with all member under the auspices of consequences of
nations regarding the World Health tobacco consumption
leadership, Organization that and exposure to tobacco
seeks to control secondhand smoking. y
supervision, technical
support, and education tobacco consumption.
on matters about
health..
 GLOBAL HEALTH INITIATIVES

3. World Health HEALTH INITIATIVES IMPORTANCE

 WHO's Global Strategy to  It establishes norms
Organization Reduce the Harmful Use and creates a
 It is designated to of Alcohol -It is a framework to support
serve as the lead resolution on public both domestic action
agency tasked to health problems caused and international
direct and coordinate by harmful use of cooperation on alcohol
with all member alcohol approved by consumption.
nations regarding World Health Assembly
leadership, year 2005 (WHA 58.26);
thus, recognizing that
supervision, technical
alcohol has a worldwide
support, and education impact and that
on matters about strategies exist to
health.. reduce such an impact.
 GLOBAL HEALTH INITIATIVES

4. United Nations HEALTH INITIATIVES IMPORTANCE

 UNDP Strategic Plan -  It helps countries in
Development achieving sustainable
It is anchored on the
Programme (UNDP) 2030 Agenda for development by
 It is the United eradicating poverty in
Sustainable all its forms and
Nations' global Development and
development network. dimensions.
committed to the  It accelerates structural
It advocates for principles of transformations for
change and connects universality, equality sustainable
countries to and leaving no one development and
knowledge, behind building resilience to
experience, and crises and shocks.
resources to help
people build a better
life for themselves.
 GLOBAL HEALTH INITIATIVES
5. United Nations
HEALTH INITIATIVES IMPORTANCE
International  It lessens the number of
 Digital Health
Children's Fund Initiative - It is an children that misses
(UNICEF) initiative to life-saving vaccinations,
 It is a United Nations’ treatment, and health
strengthen health monitoring which
agency responsible for
systems by designing outdated health system
providing humanitarian
and developmental aid to
and deploying fails to keep on track.
children worldwide. It is digitally enabled
among the most solutions.
widespread and
recognizable social
welfare organizations in
the world, with presence
in 192 countries and
territories.
 Directions: Visualize the world
enjoying free access to different
global health initiatives. What do
Criteria:
Creativity you see? How do people look like?
Clarity Capture and illustrate your vision
Organization using your activity book. You may
Over-all use any available drawing medium
Impact (pencil, pen, crayons, etc.…) in
making your vision come to life
DIRECTION: Write True
if the statement is
correct or False if it is
not.
1.With immunization, people are protected from
emerging diseases.
2.Funding agencies prioritize first-world
countries.
3.Global Fund is a financing mechanism rather
than an implementing agency.
4.Healthy Cities program promote
comprehensive local strategies focusing in
remote areas of a certain country.
5.The harmful use of alcohol can be reduced
alcohol by implementing strictly policy
measures
 Explain the importance of
the following to our current
health conditions (2 points
each)
1.Global Fund
2.Global Alliance for Vaccines and
Immunizations (GAVI)
3.World Health Organization (WHO)
4.United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP)
5.United Nations International Children's
Fund (UNICEF)