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GHI Flashcards

(23 cards)

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What are Global Health Initiatives (GHI)?

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Partnerships aimed at tackling global health threats, focusing on specific diseases and bringing resources to health efforts.

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When were key GHIs launched?

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Between 1998 to 2000.

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What are three major GHIs?

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Roll Back Malaria, Stop Tuberculosis, and Non-Communicable Diseases initiatives.

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What are goals of the Roll Back Malaria initiative?

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Reduce malaria deaths, increase access to treatment, promote prevention tools, and develop new products.

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What is the Stop TB initiative?

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A global strategy to end tuberculosis as a public health threat by 2030.

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What is DOTS?

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Directly Observed Therapy Short-course – a strategy promoted to treat TB.

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What does the Global Plan to End TB focus on?

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Patient-centered care, early diagnosis, drug-susceptibility testing, treatment of all TB cases, and collaborative HIV/TB activities.

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What is GAVI?

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The Vaccine Alliance established in 2000 to ensure equitable access to vaccines in developing countries.

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What replaced the Millennium Development Goals?

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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in 2015.

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Name two MDG health-related goals.

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Reduce child mortality and improve maternal health.

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What does SDG Goal 3 aim for?

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Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.

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What is the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control?

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A global public health treaty for sustainable tobacco control.

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What is MPOWER?

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A WHO technical package for reducing tobacco use through six strategies including monitoring, offering help, and raising taxes.

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What is the SAFER alcohol control initiative?

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Kenya’s strategy to reduce alcohol harm using restrictions, enforcement, treatment access, and price increases.

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What are NCDs?

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Non-communicable diseases like heart disease, diabetes, cancer that account for nearly 75% of deaths worldwide.

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What are key risk factors for NCDs?

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Tobacco use, alcohol misuse, poor diet, inactivity, and air pollution.

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What is harm reduction?

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Policies and programs that reduce health and social consequences of drug use without necessarily eliminating use.

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What are the 4 L’s in harm reduction?

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Liver, Lover, Livelihood, Law – domains impacted by substance use.

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What is the 4-pillar model in drug policy?

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Prevention, Treatment, Enforcement, and Harm Reduction.

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Who are MARPS?

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Most-at-risk populations for HIV, including sex workers, MSM, IDUs, and prisoners.

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What are key components of MARPS interventions?

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Structural, Behavioral, and Biomedical approaches.

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What is the minimum care package for sex workers?

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HIV testing, STI treatment, ARVs, PEP, FP, psychosocial support.

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What is a challenge for harm reduction programs in Kenya?

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Legal obstacles, stigma, homelessness, and low treatment uptake.