health

1. QUARTER III

2. •HEALTH TRENDS,
ISSUES AND
CONCERN
(GLOBAL LEVEL)

3. WORD HUNT
•With your group spot the word
•write the answers in your activity notebook or
band paper
•Procedure:
•1. Look for words/terms related global health
issues and concerns that the World Health
Organization and member-nations are facing.

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6. Video clip viewing:
WHO Bringing Health to life
•Guide questions:
1.List down different health, trends and
issues problem cited on the video you are
going to watch?
2.What are the different health
services mentioned in the video?

8. •What are the different health,
trends and issues problem cited
on the video?
•What are the different health
services mentioned in the video?

9. •The term “global health” rose in
popularity along with the rise of
globalization.
•Both terms improved public awareness
of vulnerabilities and shared
responsibilities among people for the
different injustices in the world.

10. •Global Health - pertains to
various health issues, concerns,
and trends which go beyond
national boundaries and call for
global initiatives for the
protection and promotion of
peoples’ health across the world.
- Ilona Kickbush (2006)

11. •Global Health is an area
for study, research and
practice that prioritizes
health improvement and
achieving impartiality in
healthcare and wellness
worldwide.- Koplan and
Associates (2009)

12. •GLOBAL HEALTH - Diverse
health issues, concerns and
trends which call for all
nations to address and act
on to promote and protect
health of individuals and
groups across boundaries.

13. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO):
•The primary international body
responsible for developing
leadership in health, setting
norms and standards and
providing health support
among nations around the
world.

14. Global Health Initiatives
•These are programs and
projects which help address
global health issues,
concerns and trends.

15. •QUICK WINS -- UNDP
intervention program which
refers to actions that can be
immediately used within the
community or locale to produce
effective results. (See page 272-273)
*UNDP – United Nations Development Program

16. Global Health Initiatives
•Stop TB
•Roll Back Malaria
•Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS Malaria and
other diseases, Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control Comprehensive Mental Health Action
Plan
•Global Strategy to Reduce the Harmful Use of
Alcohol Global Strategy for the Prevention and
Control of Non- Communicable Diseases.

19. •Developing countries particularly in Africa
and Asia suffer from extreme poverty and
hunger. Poverty and hunger leads to severe
malnutrition which leads to lifelong
physical and cognitive (learning and
reasoning) damage and affects health, well-
being and the economy.

20. •Some key suggestions to
eradicate poverty and hunger are :
 Education
 Promoting gender equality
 Producing more jobs
 Investing more in agriculture
 Strengthened nutrition programs for children and infants

22. •2. ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY
EDUCATION – Persons, particularly women who are
educated, are more likely to seek medical care
especially during pregnancy, ensuring proper nutrition
for their family, adopting healthy sanitary practices
and ensuring immunization of children. As an effect,
infants and children have better survival rates, are
healthier and better nourished. If these are
attained, children who receive primary education
are more likely to:

23. •more likely to:
 Marry and have their own families at a later stage in life
 Practice family planning and have fewer children
 Know rights, responsibilities and civic obligations
 Seek employment and sustain personal and family
needs
 Have decreased risk of getting sexually transmitted
infections like HIV/AIDS

25. 3. PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY &
EMPOWER WOMEN –
•Gender equality means equal
representation of men and women. It
implies that all gender should have equal
value and treatment. Equal gender
treatment empowers women and other
groups creating opportunities in education,
work, finances, and other aspects which
improves the economy and lessen effects of
financial crises.

26. •Gender equality can be achieved through:
 Early childhood development intervention
 Promotion of women’s political rights and
involvement
 Improved reproductive health programs and
policies
 Education and integrating gender equality in
school curriculum
 Improved women’s access to work and
strengthened labor policies for women

28. •4. REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY -
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.

29. •This includes:
 Immunization programs
 Assuring the survival and better
health of mothers
 Improving reproductive health
programs and policies
 Better nutrition program for infants,
children

31. •5. 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.

32. •Some ways to improve maternal health
include:
 Improved and proper nutrition of mothers
 Teaching the benefits of birth spacing and small
family size
 Educating young boys and girls about the
importance of maternal health
 Better and improved access to hospital care
especially obstetric- gynecology, prenatal and
postnatal care

34. •. COMBAT HIV/AIDS MALARIA AND
OTHER DISEASES – Emerging and re-
emerging diseases like HIV/AIDS, malaria,
influenza and other diseases affect
productivity and growth of nations. Some of
the effects of disease outbreak are loss of
jobs, shortage in professional workers, and
creating social crises. Children are the most
vulnerable and are exposed to exploitation
and abuse undermining their normal
growth and development. Some ways to
combat diseases include effective
prevention, treatment and care

35. •treatment and care Like:
 Improved housing conditions
 Increased access to anti-malarial medicines
 Promoting safer sex behavior and preventive
education for all
 Promoting Tuberculosis (TB) screening of HIV/AIDS
persons and
 TB - Directly Observed Treatment Short (TB-DOTS)
Course therapy
 Promoting the use of insecticide-treated nets to fight
mosquito-borne diseases

37. •7. ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY - Investing and
supporting sustainable energy like solar,
wind and
•water energy help support jobs,
create business opportunities, and
save remaining non-renewable energy
sources. Environmental sustainability
assures peoples to live healthier and
enjoy a clean and green environment.

38. •Some of the benefits of a
sustainable environment
are:
Cleaner air and environment
Clean, environment-friendly,
and renewable energy
New and aspiring jobs and
business in energy
Increased access to sanitation

40. •8. GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR
DEVELOPMENT-The United Nations, World
Health Organization, World Bank and
governments work together to make sure there is
fair trade and that heavily indebted countries
obtain relief and funds to combat poverty,
malnutrition and funds for education and social
projects.

41. •Some benefits of global partnership are:
 Expanded international trade agreements
 Improved access to affordable medicine
 Reduced poverty through government
debt relief grant
 Developed information and
communication technology (ICT)

42. ACTIVITY

44. QUIZ

45. Activity: NAME THAT ICON