Definitions Flashcards
(30 cards)
WHO
World Health Organization
WHA
World Health Assembly (meeting not a group)
UNICEF
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
DALY
Disability Adjusted Life Year (the sum of years lost due to premature death and years lived with disability)
HALE
Health Adjusted Life Expectancy (years expected to be lived in good health)
Gavi
Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations
OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
MDG
Millennium Development Goal
NCD
Non-Communicable Disease
LMIC
Low/Middle Income Country
CDC
Center for Disease Control
NIH
National Institute of Health
SDH
Social Determinants of Health
SES
Socioeconomic Status
EPI
Expanded Program on Immunization
PAHO
Pan American Health Organization
GIVS
Global Immunization Vision and Strategy
GVAP
Global Vaccines Action Plan
WHO 4 Vaccines
BCG, DTP, OPV (oral polio), and Measles
WHO definition of health
“A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”
Primary prevention
Prevent disease from ever occurring
Secondary prevention
Reduce disease severity and prevent disability / death
Tertiary prevention
Reduce impairment and minimize suffering
Morbidity
Sickness or any departure from psychological or physiological state of well-being
