QUARTER III WEEK 1 – MODULE

HEALTH TRENDS, ISSUES

AND CONCERN
(GLOBAL LEVEL)
This module aims to help you:
• learn about different global health issues and the
initiatives made to help address these problems.
• Improve understanding of health concerns and
how these are treated or implemented around the
world and locally. At the end of each lesson, a
transfer activity will help evaluate your
understanding of the different topics.
• You will also be assessed prior to answering the
different activities and again at the end of the
lesson to check for knowledge, understanding,
attitudes and skills learned.
Todays lesson:

• Definition/meaning of global health

• 8 Millennium development goals (MDG)
• UNDP’s Quick Wins to answer achieve the
8 MDG
Activity:Word Hunt
Spot the word.

Procedure:
1. Lookfor words/terms related global health
issues and concerns that the World Health
Organization and member-nations are facing.
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 Video clip viewing: WHO Bringing
Health to life
Guide questions:
1.List down different health, trends and
issues problem cited on the video you are
going to watch?
2.What are the different health services
mentioned in the video?
The term “global health” rose in
popularity along with the rise of
globalization.

Both terms improved public awareness

ofvulnerabilities and shared
responsibilities among people for the
different injustices in the
world.
Global Health - pertains to various health
issues,
concerns, and trends which go beyond national
boundaries and call for global initiatives for the
protection and promotion of peoples’ health
across the world. - Ilona Kickbush (2006) Global
Health is an area for study, research and
practice that prioritizes health improvement
and achieving impartiality in healthcare and
wellness worldwide. - Koplan and
Associates (2009)
GLOBAL HEALTH - Diverse
health issues, concerns and
trends which call for all nations
to address and act on to
promote and protect health of
individuals and groups across
boundaries.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO):
The primary international body
responsible for developing
leadership in health, setting norms
and standards and providing health
support among nations around the
world.
Global Health Initiatives
These are programs and projects which
help address global health issues,
concerns and trends.
Global Health Initiatives
Stop TB
Roll Back Malaria
Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS Malariaand
otherdiseases, Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan
Global Strategy to Reduce the Harmful Use of
Alcohol Global Strategy for the Prevention and
Control of Non- Communicable Diseases.
These are goals set by the United Nations for its
member- nations to be fulfilled on an agreed span
of time (2015) to be evaluated and counter-
checked under world standards.

•UN created MDG in 2000 in effort to improve life in

developing regions by 2015
1. ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND
HUNGER –
Developing countries particularly in Africa and Asia suffer
from extreme poverty and hunger. Poverty and hunger leads to
severe malnutrition which leads to lifelong physical and cognitive
(learning and reasoning) damage and affects health, well-being and
the economy.

Some key suggestions to eradicate

poverty and hunger are :
 Education
 Promoting gender equality
 Producing more jobs
 Investing more in agriculture
 Strengthened nutrition programs for children
and infants
 women who are educated, are more likely to seek medical care
especially during pregnancy, ensuring proper nutrition for their family,
adopting healthy sanitary practices and ensuring immunization of
children. As an effect, infants and childrenhave better survival
rates, are healthier and better nourished. If these are attained,
children who receive primary education are
more likely to:

 Marry and have their own families at a later

stage in life
 Practice family planning and have fewer
children
 Know rights, responsibilities and civic
obligations
 Seek employment and sustain personal and
family needs
3. PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY & EMPOWER WOMEN
Gender equality means equal representation of men and
women. It implies that all gender should have equal value and
treatment. Equal gender treatment empowers women and
other groups creating opportunities in education, work,
finances, and other aspects which improves the economy and
lessen effects of financial crises.
Gender equality can be achieved through:

 Early childhood development intervention

 Promotion of women’s political rights and involvement
 Improved reproductive health programs and policies
 Education and integrating gender equality in school curriculum
 Improved women’s access to work and strengthened labor policies for
4. REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY - Programs and
policies which help reduce child mortality like improving
nutritional intake, healthcare facilities and infrastructure,
and other fields which improve children’s lives.
Strengthening local and national health programs and
policies is one way to reduce child mortality.
This includes:
 Immunization programs
 Assuring the survival and better health of mothers
 Improving reproductive health programs and policies
 Better nutrition program for infants and children
5. IMPROVED MATERNAL HEALTH - is not only
about mother’s health but also involves the health and
wellness ofthe family. Maternal health also helps
eradicate other problems like poverty, gender
inequality, decreased workforce, lower birth deaths,
and disability of women.
Some ways to improve maternal health include:
 Improved and proper nutrition of mothers
 Teaching the benefits of birth spacing and small family size
 Educating young boys and girls about the importance of
maternal health
 Better and improved access to hospital care especially
obstetric- gynecology, prenatal and postnatal care
6. COMBAT HIV/AIDS MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES –
Emerging and re-emerging diseases like HIV/AIDS, malaria,
influenza and other diseases affect productivity and growth of
nations. Some of the effects of disease outbreak are loss of jobs,
shortage in professional workers, and creating social crises.
Children are the most vulnerable and are exposed to exploitation
and abuse undermining their normal growth and development.
Some ways to combat diseases include effective prevention,
treatment and care Like:
 Improved housing conditions
 Increased access to anti-malarial medicines
 Promoting safer sex behavior and preventive education for all
 Promoting Tuberculosis (TB) screening of HIV/AIDS persons and
 TB - Directly Observed Treatment Short (TB-DOTS) Course therapy
 Promoting the use of insecticide-treated nets to fight mosquito-borne
7. ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY - Investing and
supporting sustainable energy like solar, wind and
water energy help support jobs, create business opportunities, and save
remaining non-renewable energy sources. Environmental sustainability
assures peoples to live healthier and enjoy a clean and green
environment.

Some of the benefits of a sustainable

environment are:
 Cleaner air and environment
 Clean, environment-friendly, and
renewable energy
 New and aspiring jobs and business in
energy
 Increased access to sanitation
8. GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT
The United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank and
governments work together to make sure there is fair trade and that
heavily indebted countries obtain relief and funds to combat poverty,
malnutrition and funds for education and social projects.
Some benefits of global partnership are:

 Expanded international trade agreements

 Improved access to affordable medicine
 Reduced poverty through government debt relief grant
 Developed information and communication technology (ICT)
Activity: NAME THAT ICON
 Video Clip Viewing
Guide Questions:

1. How much portion was cut in extreme poverty?

2. How Many Percent was increased or added in universal primary
education?
3. Was gender equality has been met? Yes or no?
4. How many children are still dying below 5 years old?
5. How many of the women get prenatal care?
6. How many young women are infected by HIV every Hour?
7. How many people don’t have basic sanitation like toilet?
8. Was the Global partnership fully achieved? Yes/no?
THE 10 GLOBAL
HEALTH TRENDS,
ISSUES,
AND CONCERNS
1.TUBERCULOS
IS
1.TUBERCULOSIS
•Commonly known as TB (Tubercle Bacillus, is a bacterial infection
that can spread through the lymph nodes and bloodstream to any
organ in your body. It is often most found in the lungs.
2. DRUG USE & ABUSE
2. DRUG USE & ABUSE
It is patterned use of a drug in
which the user consumes the
drug substance in amounts or
with methods which are harmful
to themselves or others.
3. HIV/ AIDS
3. HIV/ AIDS
It is transmitted primarily via
unprotected sexual intercourse,
contaminated blood transfusions,
hypodermic needles, and from
mother to child during pregnancy,
delivery, or breastfeeding.
NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
NCD, can refer to chronic diseases
which last for long periods of time and
progress slowly.
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE -
Also known as infectious disease or
transmissible diseases.
- These are illnesses that result
from the infection, presence and
growth of pathogenic biologic
agents in humans.
CLIMATE CHANGE
A change in global or regional climate patterns
attributed directly or indirectly to human
activity.

•“Global Warming” in sheep’s

clothing. A long-term change in
the Earth’s climate.
• A long-term change in the
MENTAL HEALTH
-It is a level of psychological
well-being and the absence
ofa mental disorder.
IMMUNIZATION & VACCINES
- It is the safe and effective use of a
small amount of a weakened and
killed virus or bacteria or bits of lab
made protein that imitate the virus in
order to prevent infection by the
same virus or bacteria.
When you get an immunization, you’re injected with the weakened form or a
disease. This triggers your body’s immune response, causing it to either produce
antibodies and the like.
ALCOHOL & TOBACCO ABUSE/ADDICTION

The excessive consumption of alcohol and tobacco.

- Causes communicable and non communicable
diseases.
MALARIA / OTHER VECTOR-BORNE
MALARIA causes symptoms that
typically include fever, fatigue, vomiting
and headaches. In severe cases, it can
cause yellow skin, seizures, coma or
death.

VECTORS are living organisms that

can transmit infectious diseases
between humans or from animals to
countries that are member states of
the United Nations and 2 countries
that are non-member observer
states: the Holy See and the State
of Palestine.