Intro To Global Health Flashcards
Explain the history of global health
- military medicine
- medical missions
- international health (19th century)
- Tropical medicine (16th-17th century)
- global health and theories of distributive justice (21st century)
Define global health
an area for study, research, and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving health equality for all people.
What are the 5 main concepts in global health?
- health equity
- health equality
- social justice
- advocacy
- human rights
define health equity
Health equity is achieved when every person has the opportunity to “attain his or her full health potential” and no one is “disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances
define health equality
giving everyone the same opportunities, care, and services
what is globalisation?
increased interconnectedness & interdependence of people and countries
what are the health impacts of globalisation?
- impacts economic activity and technological changes
- social and cultural changes
What are the 4 main global health issues?
- global violence
- global equality
- noncommunicable diseases
- neglected tropical diseases
Define global violence
acts of rape, physical abuse, sexual exploitation, abductions, hate crimes or kidnappings
what are the 10 threats to global heath - WHO 2019?
- air polution/climate change
- noncommunicable diseasse
- threat of global influenza pandemic
- fragile and vulnerable settings
- antimicrobial resistance
- ebola and high-threat pathogens
- weak primary care
- vaccine hesitancy
- dengue
- HIV
Define a high-income country
nation with a gross national income per capita of US$12,696 or more
define a middle income country
those with a GNI per capita between $1,036 and $4,045; and upper middle-income economies - those with a GNI per capita between $4,046 and $12,535
define a low income country
GNI per capita of of $1,025 or less
define the global burden of disease
provides a tool to quantify health loss from hundreds of diseases, injuries, and risk factors, so that health systems can be improved and disparities can be eliminated.
define communicable disease
illnesses that spread from one person to another or from an animal to a person, or from a surface or a food
