Health 10

1. HEALTH TRENDS, ISSUES, &
CONCERNS
GLOBAL LEVEL

2. 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.

3. 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

4. GLOBAL HEALTH INITIATIVES
These are
programs and
projects which
help address
global health
issues, concerns
and trends.

5. GLOBAL HEALTH INITIATIVES
Stop TB | Directly Observed Therapy Short Course Strategy
RollBack Malaria
Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS
Malariaand otherdiseases,
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
See page 266-269

6. GLOBAL HEALTH INITIATIVES
Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan
Global Strategy to Reduce the Harmful
Use of Alcohol
Global Strategy for the Preventionand
Control of Non-Communicable Diseases.

7. MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
These aregoals set by theUnited
Nations for its member- nations
to be fulfilled on an agreed span
oftime (2015) to be evaluatedand
counter-checked under world
standards.

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See page 262 - 264

9. QUICK WINS
UNDP’S intervention program which
refers to actions that can be
immediately used within the
community or locale to produce
effective results. <(See page 272-273)>

10. THE 10 GLOBAL
HEALTH TRENDS, ISSUES,
AND CONCERNS

12. TUBERCULOSIS
Commonly known as TB (Tubercle
Bacillus, is a bacterial infection that
can spread through the lymph nodes
and bloodstream to any organ in
your body. It is often most found in
the lungs.

15. DRUG USE & ABUSE
It is patterned use of a drug in which
the user consumes the drug
substance in amounts or with
methods which are harmful to
themselves or others.

18. HIV / AIDS
It is transmitted primarily via
unprotected sexual intercourse,
contaminated blood transfusions,
hypodermic needles, and from
mother to child during pregnancy,
delivery, or breastfeeding.

21. NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
NCD, can refer to chronic diseases
which last for long periods of time
and progress slowly.

24. COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
Also known as infectious
disease or transmissible
diseases.

25. COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
These are illnesses that result
from the infection, presence
and growth of pathogenic
biologic agents in humans.

27. CLIMATE CHANGE
A change in global or
regional climate patterns
attributed directly or
indirectly to human activity.

28. CLIMATE CHANGE
“Global Warming” in sheep’s
clothing.
A long-term change in the
Earth’s climate.

30. MENTAL HEALTH
It is a level of psychological
well-being and the absence
of a mental disorder.

32. IMMUNIZATION & VACCINES
It is the safe and effective use of a
small amount of a weakened and
killed virus or bacteria or bits of lab-
made protein that imitate the virus in
order to prevent infection by the
same virus or bacteria.

33. IMMUNIZATION & VACCINES
When you get an immunization,
you’re injected with the weakened
form or a disease. This triggers your
body’s immune response, causing it
to either produce antibodies and the
like.

35. ALCOHOL & TOBACCO ABUSE/ADDICTION
The excessive consumption of
alcohol and tobacco.
Causes communicable and non-
communicable diseases.

37. MALARIA / OTHER VECTOR-BORNE
MALARIA causes syptoms that
typically include fever, fatigue,
vomiting and headaches. In severe
cases, it can cause yellow skin,
seizures, coma or death.

38. MALARIA / OTHER VECTOR-BORNE
VECTORS are living organisms that
can transmit infectious diseases
between humans or from animals to
humans.