The document discusses several global health initiatives by the World Health Organization and World Bank to address various health issues worldwide. It describes initiatives to reduce malaria and tuberculosis, such as Roll Back Malaria and Stop TB. It also outlines initiatives to strengthen immunization programs through GAVI, combat HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria with the Global Fund, establish tobacco control frameworks with the WHO FCTC, and prevent non-communicable diseases through a global strategy. The document also summarizes the WHO's comprehensive mental health action plan from 2013-2020 to improve access to services and prevent human rights violations against those with mental health issues.

1. Global Health
Initiatives
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2. Global health initiatives are programs
set in motion by the United Nations
through the World Health organization
and in partnership with the World
Bank which targets specific health
problems including but not limited to
emerging and re-emerging diseases,
climate change, environmental
sanitation, mental health, tobacco
regulation, and alcohol use

3. The Global Fight against
Communicable Diseases
Roll Back Malaria.
Roll Back Malaria is a global effort to
reduce the number of deaths from
malaria infection through heightened
prevention tools, rapid response to
outbreaks, development of new anti-
malarial products, and effective
treatment of the infection.

4. Stop TB is a global effort to prevent
further transmission of
tuberculosis or TB around the
world. One of the programs for
Stop TB is the implementation of
the TB-DOTS short-course
strategy.
Stop TB.

5. Objectives
 1. To achieve universal access to high-quality
diagnosis and patient-centered treatment
 2. To reduce the suffering and socio-
economic burden associated with TB
 3. To protect poor and vulnerable
populations from TB, TB/HIV and multi
drug-resistant – TB (MDR-TB)
 4. To support development of new tools and
enable their timely and effective use.

6. Global Alliance for Vaccines
and Immunization
The Global Alliance for
Vaccines
and Immunization is a global
strategy which aims to
strengthen children’s
immunization programs and
introduce new generation of
licensed vaccines into use in
developing countries across
the globe

7. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB,
and Malaria is a funding project rather
than an initiative. Nevertheless it helps
in the prevention, reduction, and
mitigation of the negative impacts of
the three diseases to humanity which
contributes to the fulfillment of the
Millennium Development Goals
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and
Malaria.

8. WHO Framework
Convention on
Tobacco
Control
Global
Prevention and
Control of
Tobacco and
Alcohol Use

9. The WHO Framework Convention
on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is
the prime international treaty
negotiated under WHO. The WHO
FCTC came into existence in
reaction to the global epidemic of
tobacco use and abuse.

10. 1. Price and tax measures to reduce the
demand for tobacco, and
2. Non-price measures to reduce the demand
for tobacco, namely:
 • Protection from exposure to tobacco
smoke;
 • Regulation of the contents of tobacco
products;
 • Regulation of tobacco product
disclosures;
The following summarizes the WHO
FCTC provisions

11.  • New packaging and labeling of
tobacco products;
 • Education, communication, training
and public awareness;
 • Demand reduction measures
concerning tobacco dependence and
cessation; and
 • Tobacco advertising, promotion and
sponsorship.
The following summarizes the WHO
FCTC provisions

12.  The Global Strategy for the Prevention and
Control of Non-communicable Diseases is a
global action plan to prevent and control the
following non-communicable diseases:
cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory
diseases, cancers, and diabetes and the four
shared risk factors: unhealthy eating,
physical inactivity, tobacco use and alcohol
use
Global Strategy for the Prevention and
Control of Non-communicable Diseases.

13. The “Comprehensive Mental Health
Action Plan 2013-2020” is the result of
extensive research and consultations by
stakeholders, member nations,
academic and non-government centers
across the globe. The mental health
action plan should be impartial, life-
based, and preventive in nature. It
basically addresses the following:
Global Initiative for Mental Health

14. Global Initiative for Mental Health
To fight and alleviate negative trends in
mental health,
• To improve and make mental health
services and care accessible, and
• To prevent abuse of rights and unjust
treatment against people with mental
problems, disorders, and disabilities
which are still prevalent around the
world.

15. GROUP ACTIVITY
FORM A GOUP OF
5 MEMBERS

16. Activity 5: PRESENT AND FUTURE
Think of the present status of these
global health issues and concerns.
Write these in the Present
column. Predict what will happen
if these global health issues and
concerns are properly addressed by
different nations. Write these in
the Future column.

17. PRESENT Global Health Issues
and Concerns
FUTURE
Communicable
Diseases
Tobacco and
Alcohol Use
Mental Health
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18.  Activity 6: QUESTIONS TO PONDER
 Answer the following:
 1. How does the Philippine government address
different local and national health issues and
concerns like HIV/AIDS cases and tobacco and
alcohol related diseases?
 2. Who do you think are the stakeholders or
partners of the government in addressing health
problems? How can they help curb various health
problems?
 3. How can educating the youth help in developing
a socially conscious and healthy individuals who
are aware of the various global health threats and
concerns?