International health agencies

INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
AGENCIES
Ms. Ekta M. Patel
Asst. Professor
Sumandeep Nursing College
Sumandeep Vidyapeeth Deemed To Be University
(Accredited ‘A’ Grade By Naac With A Cgpa Of 3.53 Out Of Four Point Scale)
Piparia, Waghodia, Vadodara, Gujarat
Sumandeep Nursing College, Sumandeep
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INTRODUCTION
• International health agencies: health services
in developing countries mostly reflect their
own widely varying capacities.
• The international systems plays an ancillary
role, and concerning to improving health of
people.
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UN
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UNITED NATION
5 main purposes:
• To keep peace throughout the world
• To develop friendly relations among nations
• To help nations work together to improve lives of
poor people
• To conquer hunger, disease and illiteracy and to
encourage respect for each other’s rights and
freedom
• To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of
nations to achieve these goals.
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WORLD BANK
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WORLD BANK
• International agency related to the UN.
• Heavily involved in international health.
• The world bank loans money to poor countries on
advantageous terms not available in commercial
markets that will lead to economic growth of that
country.
• E.g. india’s population project.
• The project are usually concerned with electric
power, roads, railway, agriculture, water supply,
education, family planning etc.
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WHO
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WHO
• Premier international health organization of
the UN with its headquarter at Geneva.
• Separate, autonomus organization which, by
special agreements, work with the UN and
each other through the coordinating
machinery of the economic and social council.
• According to its constitution -1948, its
principal goal is “attainment by all peoples of
the highest possible level of health’’
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structure
3 main divisions:
1. the governing body
2. executive board
3. the secretariate
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ACTIVITIES
• Principal work of WHO:
• Directiong and coordinationg international health
activities and supplying technical assistance to
countries.
• It develops norms and standards, disseminates
health information, promotes research, provides
training in international health, collects and
analyses epidemiologic data and develops
systems for monitoring and evaluating health
programmes.
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UNICEF
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INTRODUCTION
• It was established in 1946 by the united nation
general assembly to deal with rehabilitation of
children in war ravaged countries.
• UNICEF is governed by a thirty nation executive
board.
• The headquarter is in Newyork.
• UNICEF works in close collaboration with WHO and
other agencies of the united nation like UNDP,FAO
and UNESCO.
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• Health sectors
• Nutrition e.g,iodine correction of nutritional anaemia etc.
• Water and sanitation sector
• Information communication and external rotation
• Education sector-emphasised the universal primary
education
• Community development
• Child labour
• Girl child issue
• Women development
• Street child
VARIOUS DEPARTMENT OF UNICEF
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FINANCING
• UNICEF is financed by voluntary contribution
from government in both the industrialised
and the developmental region of the world
and from organisations and individuals.
• Income from other sources comes mainly
from the sale of UNICEF greeting
cards,donator of individuals and through fund
rising campaign in some countries.
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FUNCTIONS
• The fund has a vitally important mission in assisting
developing economics to meet the need of children
and youth.
• UNICEF’s co-operation with the government s of the
developing world falls under three major categories-
assistance in the planning and design of services for
children, delivery of supplies and equipment for
these services ,and provision of funds for the training
of much needed personal.
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CONT…
• UNICEF supplies and limited resources are directed at
improving the health care of children, their nutrition ,
their drinking water supply, their early education-in
short, the elemantary services that represent the
necessary first step for human development.
• The largest single sector of UNICEF activity remains
assistance to maternal and child health which including
clean water projects, accounts for over half total,
expenditure.
• The ultimate purpose of this help is the total
development of the children as they are the key to the
development and future of mankind.
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NEW INITIATIVE
• G
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• F
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ACTIVITIES
• Child health
• Primary health care
• Immunisation
• Rural water supply and sanitation
• Child nutrition
• Village level technology
• Formal and non formal education
• social and welfare service for children
• Urban services
• Emergency relief and rehabilitation
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FAO- FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
ORGANIZATION
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INTRODUCTION
• The food and agriculture organization(FAO)
was formed in 1945 with headquarter in
Rome.
• It was the first United Nation Organization
specialized agency created to look after
several areas of world co-operation.
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AIMS
• To help nation raise living standards.
• To improve nutrition of the people of all
countries.
• To increase the efficiency of farming, forestry,
and fisheries.
• To better the condition of rural people and
through all these means to widen the
opportunity of all people for productive work.
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FUNCTIONS
• FAO’s prime concern is the increased production of
food to keep peace with ever growing world
population.
• The most important aspect of FAO work is towards
ensuring that the food is consumed by the people
who need it ,in sufficient quantities and in right
proportion, to develop and nutrition throughout the
world.
• In this content the FAO has organized a world
freedom from hunger campaign(FFHC) in 1960.
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UNDP - UNITED NATION
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
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UNDP
• Activities related to UN.
• The member countries- rich and poor- of the UN
meet annually and submitting proposal to UNDP.
• FOCUS AREAS:
• Poverty reduction
• Democratic governance
• Environmental & energy for sustain development
• Crisis prevention & recovery
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FUNCTIONS
• UNDP is at the centre of the UN’s efforts to reduce
global poverty.
• Chairs the UNDG (United Nations Development Group),
which includes the UN’S key players in international
development.
• UNDP’s network links and coordinates global and
national efforts to achieve the MDGs
• UNDP helps developing countries attract and use aid
effectively
• Encourages the protection of human rights and
empowerment of women.
• Coordinates the development activities of UN.
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CONT…
• The main object of the campaign is to combat
malnutrition and to disseminate information and
education.
• The FAO is also collaborating with other international
agancies in the applied nutrition programmes.
• The joint WHO/FAO expert committies have provided
the basis for many co-operative activities nutritional
surveys,training courses,seminars and the co-
ordination of research progammes on brucellosis and
other zoonoses.
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UNFPA- United Nations Fund for
Population Activities.
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UNFPA
• Providing assistance to india since 1974.
• Funding national level schemes, area projects for intensive
development of health and family welfare infrastructure
and improvement in the availability of services in the rural
areas.
• to develop national capability for manufacture of
contraceptives
• To develop population education programmes.
• To undertake organized sector projects.
• To strengthen programme management as well as to
improve output of grass root level health workers
• Introduction of innovative approaches to family planning
and MCH care.
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EU- EUROPIAN UNION
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ACTIVITIES
• 9th may 1950
• objective
– Common agriculture policy
– Water supply and sanitation
– Life long learning
– College development
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EU – FAO Partnership
• World summit on food security FAO response to
food crises.
• FAO-EU patnership.
• Food security programmes.
• Emergency response
• Early warning of food emergency.
• Integrated pest management.
• Investment in agriculture.
• International plant project.
• Right to food.
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DANIDA
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DANIDA
• The Danish international development agency
was started Since 1963.
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• The Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) is the official
development cooperation agency of the Government of Denmark under the
Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• The Danish Development Policy focuses upon eradication of poverty and
ensuring sustainable development. It works in select countries referred to as
programme countries and provides support to NGOs as well as
governmental agencies. DANIDA has been providing aid mostly
to Africa in the recent years.
• Other areas of development include social and economic
development, human rights, democratization and good governance,
stability, security and the fight against terrorism,
refugees, humanitarian assistance and environment. It has also launched the
“Strategy for Denmark’s Support to the International Fight
against HIV/AIDS. The programs are managed locally through the Danish
missions in the countries of implementation.
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OBJECTIVE
• DANIDA health care project-health and family
welfare department.
• Industrial pollution management and control.
• Scholarship.
• Educate women in India.
• To improve the capability of the countries in Asia
to sustainably manage the technological,
enviornmental and social development of the
region.
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COMPONENT
• GENERAL PROGRAMMES
– Master scholarship
– Pre master bridging
– Programmes scholarship
– Training course fellowship
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CONT…
• SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
– Integrated watershed development and
management.
– Integrated topical costal zone management
– Modeling tool for enviornment and resource
management.
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COLOMBO PLAN
• The Colombo Plan is not intended as an
integrated master plan to which national plans
were expected to conform. It is, instead, a
framework for bi-lateral arrangements
involving foreign aid and technical assistance
for the economic and social development of
the region.
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OBJECTIVES
• To promote interest in and support for the economic and
social development of Asia and the Pacific;
• To promote technical cooperation and assist in the sharing
and transfer of technology among member countries;
• To keep under review relevant information on technical
cooperation between the member governments,
multilateral and other agencies with a view to accelerating
development through cooperative effort;
• To facilitate the transfer and sharing of the developmental
experiences among member countries within the region
with emphasis on the concept of South-South
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PROGRAMMES
• The Colombo Plan has four permanent programmes:
• Long-Term Scholarships Programme
• Drug Advisory Programme
• Programme for Private Sector Development
• Programme for Public Administration & Environment
• In 2014, a programme on gender called the Gender
Affairs Programme (GAP) was established. The
programme expects to address gender issues in the
region.
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