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International Healthcare Agencies
- 1. International Healthcare Agencies Dr Venkatesh Karthikeyan JR – 3 Department of Community and Family Medicine AIIMS Patna
- 5. Contents • Introduction • Types of Healthcare agencies • Importance in public health • Multilateral agencies • Bilateral agencies • NGOs • Conclusion
- 6. Introduction • What is health? • Fundamental human right • International goal • No political or geographical boundaries • What are healthcare agencies?
- 7. Healthcare agencies • Healthcare agencies are those which mainly concerns for providing various healthcare facilities to the community and country, in order to prevent disease, promote health and empower humanity as a whole • They provide different kind of supports to strengthen the public health systems • Provide technical guidance to member countries regarding public health problem • Helps in reducing the burden of NCDs and CDs
- 8. Types of healthcare agencies • International agencies • Government agencies • Bilateral agencies • NGOs and donor agencies • Voluntary agencies
- 9. International Health agencies • Core objective of improving overall health and development of nations • Funding • Technical expertise • Work towards achievement of SDGs and UHC • Resolving major public health problems
- 11. World Health Organization • Came into force : 7th April 1948 • World Health Day • Conducts worldwide health surveys • Prepares world health report • Provide technical assistance
- 15. World Health Organization Objective • Attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health
- 16. Organizational Structure of WHO World Health Assembly Executive Board Secretariat Regional Offices (6) Member States (194)
- 18. Fields related to public health where WHO works • NCDs • Communicable diseases • Health systems • Preparedness, surveillance and response • Promoting health through the life course • Corporate services
- 20. UNICEF • United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund United Nations Children’s Fund • For protection of rights of every children • Established in 11th December 1946 by UN General Assembly • HQs : New York, US • Executive Board • Works in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF, UNESCO, etc
- 21. Functions of UNICEF • Health and Nutrition • Education • Child protection • Disaster preparedness and response • Youth and HIV/AIDS
- 24. World Bank • 1944 • Washington DC • For financial and technical support for developing countries • Provides loan • Touches all sectors • UHC • Improve Health outcomes
- 26. Food and Agriculture Organization • 1945 • Rome, Italy • To defeat hunger • Reach food security • Uninterrupted access to food • Makes farming, forestry and fisheries more productive • Reduce rural poverty by social protection
- 27. International Labor Organization • 1919 • Geneva, Switzerland • To accomplish worldwide peace and social justice • For human rights protection • Sets labor standards – to improve working conditions • Runs the International Program on Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC)
- 28. United Nation Population Fund • 1969 • To promote safe delivery and child birth throughout the world • Improve access to family planning • Works with UNAIDS for zero HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths • Involved in promoting gender equity, reducing violence against females, eliminating child marriage and adolescent pregnancy
- 30. United States Agency for International Development
- 31. Colombo Plan
- 32. Swedish International Development Agency
- 33. Danish International Development Agency
- 34. NGOs
- 35. International Committee of the Red Cross
- 37. Ford Foundation
- 39. Thank You
Editor's Notes
- Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari, PhD Minister of Public Health Managing Director, Hamad Medical Corporation (Qatar) Chair of WHO Executive board
- Healthcare agencies are those which mainly concerns for providing various healthcare facilities to the community and country, in order to prevent diseassee, promote health empower humanity as a whole
- Multilateral agencies : Pools resources form multiple donors (government and non government) and offer technical and commodity assistance globally or country wide through cash grands, commodity transfers, technical assistance or laons. Bilateral agencies : They receive funding from its native country’s government and use it towards developing country
- World Heatlh Assembly – Delegates representing from all the 194 members states are part of this WHA. President and other representatives are elected in this assembly WHA is a governing body of WHO which determines all the policies of WHO including financial policies. Executive board : Has 34 members – tenure for 3 years – meet twice in a year – chairman is elected (al kuwari, Qatar) Secretariat comprises of technical and administrative staff. Funding comes from member nations – three fourth of funding is from donations
- Promoting health through the life course – improves the social determinants of health Corporate services in form of tools and resources
- Established for delivering emergency food, clothing and to help children damaged by world war 2 Execuive board is the governing body – it assess the activities carried out by UNICEF, accepts it’s strategies, budgets and national prorams. It has one President and 4 Vice presidents
- Maternal nutrtion, breast feeding, complemebtary feeding, management of SAM, micronutrient deficineces, essential facilities at school for disabled children Education – co complete basic education Child protection against violene, exploiation and abuse Disaster preparedness and response – like world war
- UNITED NATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM is the UN’s global development network – 1965 – New York Provides funding for technical assistance and research activities pertaining to helath problems affecting socioeconomic development It offers expert advice, training and grant sto support developing countries Emphasizes largely on sustainable development, democratic governeance, peace building, environment and catastrophic resilience
- *Provides loan for building of infrastructure *Its work touches nearly all sectors that are vital for the fight against poverty, ensuring economic growth and improving the quality of life in developing countries Hels governments efforts to reach UHC by 2030 Helps improving health outcomes at all levels
- *Provides loan for building of infrastructure *Its work touches nearly all sectors that are vital for the fight against poverty, ensuring economic growth and improving the quality of life in developing countries Hels governments efforts to reach UHC by 2030 Helps improving health outcomes at all levels
- They receive fund from native country’s government and use it towards developing countries
- Private organizations that purse activities to relieve suffering, promote the interests of the poor, protect the environment, provide basic social services or undertake community development
- Care stands for “Cooperative for assistance and relief everywhere”. Now “Center for ameraican relief everwhere”