Chapter 10- Australian and international aid agencies PART TWO Flashcards

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What are the four main areas of focus for the United Nations?

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  • Promoting world peace and security
  • Providing humanitarian assistance
  • Promoting social and economic development
  • Promoting human rights
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What is the ‘Promoting world peace and security’ focus of the UN?

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Focuses on the maintenance of international peace and security, and explores ways in which conflict can be resolved, aiming for the most peaceful situation. When decisions are made all member states of the UN are expected to respect and support the Council’s recommendations. The council may: issue a ceasefire, send military observers/peacekeepers, implement economic sanctions, establish a blockade or initiate collective military action.

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What is the ‘Promoting Human Rights’ focus of the UN?

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Focuses on strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe, and focuses on addressing situations of human rights violations and making recommendations on them. It acts to ensure that human rights are upheld and assists by providing expertise and technical training in the areas of administration of justice, legal reform and electoral processes. When human rights are abused, they make recommendations to member states to take action and may include policy changes, sanctions and military action.

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What is the ‘Providing humanitarian assistance’ focus of the UN?

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Focuses on providing emergency humanitarian aid to needed areas such as food and water, shelter, medical attention and support to the affected people. They work to raise billions of dollars from international donors and appeals, and coordinate their response to various crises through all the key humanitarian bodies including UNICEF, UNDP, WFP and UNHCR

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What is the ‘Promoting social and economic development’ focus of the UN?

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Focuses on assisting governments in implementing policies , programs and strategies that aim to improve economic and social conditions, including promoting higher standards of living, promoting trade opportunities and encouraging universal respect for human rights. The World Bank works to enhance the economies of developing countries by working with governments and businesses in those countries and providing loans.

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What does the WHO work to achieve?

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The WHO works to provide leadership in engaging and supporting countries to respond to a range of global health issues and improve the health the health of their citizens.

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How many priorities does the WHO have?

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What are the six priorities of the WHO?

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(NUISHI) or

  • Noncommunicable diseases (including diseases, mental health, violence and injuries)
  • Universal health coverage
  • Increasing access to medical products
  • Social, economic and environmental determinants
  • Health related millennium
  • the International Health regulation (2005)
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What is the aim/focus of the ‘Universal health coverage’ WHO priority?

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It aims to provide universal health coverage to everyone that combines access to the services needed to achieve good health with financial protection to prevent ill health leading to poverty.

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How does the WHO plan on achieving the Universal health coverage priority?

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The WHO will respond to demands from countries seeking practical advice on how to take universal health coverage forward.

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What is the aim/focus of the ‘International Health Regulation (2005)’ WHO priority?

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It aims to maintain a role of leadership in establishing the systems that make up the global defence against shocks coming from the microbial world.

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How does the WHO plan on achieving the International Health Regulation priority?

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It plans to support countries to put in place the capacities required by the International Health Regulations (2005) and report on progress. They also plan to strengthen their own systems and networks to ensure a rapid and well-coordinated response to public health emergencies

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What is the aim/focus of the ‘Increasing access to medical products’ WHO priority?

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It aims to achieve equity in public health depends on access to essential, high-quality and affordable medical technologies. Improving access to medical products is central to the achievement of universal health coverage.

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How does the WHO plan on achieving the ‘Increasing access to medical products’ priority?

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The WHO plan to continue to improve access to safe, quality, affordable and effective medicines. They plan to support innovation for affordable health technology, local production, and national regulatory authorities

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What is the aim/focus of the ‘Social, economic and environmental determinants’ WHO priority?

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It aims to improve people’s health outcomes and increase healthy life expectancy by providing action across the range of contextual factors associated with ill health as well as inequitable health outcomes.

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How does the WHO plan on achieving the ‘Social, economic and environmental determinants’ priority?

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They plan to work with other sectors to act on what causes disease and ill health. Their work will address health determinants and promote equity.

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What is the aim/focus of the ‘Non-communicable diseases’ WHO priority?

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It aims to stop the rise of non-communicable diseases and lower the devastating health consequences for individuals, families and communities, and threats to overwhelm health systems

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How does the WHO plan on achieving the ‘Non-communicable diseases’ priority?

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They plan to coordinate a coherent, multisectoral response at global, regional and local levels

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What is the aim/focus of the ‘Health-related Millennium’ WHO priority?

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They aim to make the world sustain the gains that have been made towards the 2015 Millenium Development Goals and help create more equal levels of achievement.

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How does the WHO plan on achieving the ‘Health-related Millenium’ WHO priority?

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They plan to implement the goals that will integrate many aspects of their work, particularly building robust health systems and effective health institutions for sustainable and equitable health outcomes.

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What is a program that addresses the issue of Literacy?

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The Literacy Boost Program is run by Save the children and is an NGO

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What is a program that addresses the issue of Food Security?

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The Food for work program is run by World Vision and is an NGO

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What is a program that addresses the issue of HIV/AIDs?

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The Channels of Hope program is run by World Vision and is an NGO

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What is a program that addresses the issue of Malaria?

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The Nothing but Nets program is run by the United Nations and is an example of multilateral aid provided by the United Nations Foundation

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What is a program that addresses the issue of Immunisation?

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The Measles and rubella initiative program is run by the American Red Cross and is an NGO

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What is a program that addresses the issue of Safe water and sanitation?

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The Well and pump building​ program is run by the Water Aid and is an NGO.