4.2.4

Question 1

Achieving Universal Healthcare

Answer 1

Aims to progress their goals through addressing the follow seven main areas;
* Service access and quality
* Health workforce
* Access to medicines, vaccines and health products
* Governance and finance
* Health information systems
* Advocacy
* Country support

Question 1

WHO Priorities

Answer 1

1. Achieving universal health coverage
2. Addressing health emergencies
3. Promoting healthier populations

Question 2

Promoting Healthier Populations (5)

Answer 2

• Improving human capital across the lifespan
• Accelerating action on preventing non-communicable diseases and promoting mental health
• Accelerating elimination and eradication of high impact communicable diseases
• Tackling antimicrobial resistance
• Addressing health effects of climate change in small island developing states and other vulnerable states

Question 3

Addressing Health Emergencies

Answer 3

• Building capacity to keep the world safe from epidemics and health emergencies
• All people have quick access to essential health services during health emergencies

Question 4

Core Functions

Answer 4

-Set norms and standards and promote and monitor their implementation
-Provide leadership and create partnerships to promote health and wellbeing
-Carry out research and provide health and wellbeing information
-Monitor health and wellbeing and access health and wellbeing trends
-Provide technical support and help build sustainable health systems
-Develop policies to help countries take action to promote health and wellbeing

Question 5

Set norms and standards and promote and monitor their implementation

Answer 5

• Standardise the way research is carried out, the use of common indicators for the collection of data and the h+w terminology that is used.

Question 6

Provide leadership and create partnerships to promote health and wellbeing

Answer 6

• Develop international policies and regulations to prevent and manage disease outbreaks and coordinate relief efforts in times of disaster

Question 7

Carry out research and provide health and wellbeing information

Answer 7

• Ensure the most up-to-date research is available to help inform decisions that promote health and wellbeing; prevent and control diseases; improve health systems; help achieve universal access to healthcare

Question 8

Monitor health and wellbeing and access health and wellbeing trends

Answer 8

• Stores and shares health-related data

Question 9

Provide technical support and help build sustainable health systems

Answer 9

• Help countries strengthen their capacity for early warning, risk reduction and the management of h+w risks

Question 10

Develop policies to help countries take action to promote health and wellbeing

Answer 10

• Help governments and global community implement action that is known to be effective in bringing about improvements in health and wellbeing