HEALTH Q3

4. Health Trends, Issues, and Concerns
(Global Level)
SESSION 1

5. OBJECTIVES
discusses the significance of global health
initiatives.
describes how global health initiatives
positively impact people’s health in various
countries;
analyzes the issues in the implementation
of global health initiatives;
recommends ways of adopting global
health initiatives to local or national
context

6. INTRODUCTION
For its central role in global affairs, health issues are among the
priority concerns of the United Nations. It thus designated the World
Health Organization to serve as the lead agency tasked to direct and
coordinate with all member nations regarding leadership,
supervision, technical support and education on matters about
health, which affects many countries—including the Philippines.
In the 21st century, public health protection is viewed both as a
shared duty and obligation. Thus, people need to understand global
issues, concerns and trends that include fair access to essential
healthcare and protection against multinational threats which
directly or indirectly affect the health and lives of billions of people
worldwide.
This module aims to help you learn about different global health
issues and the initiatives made to help address these problems.
Readings and activities are provided to improve your understanding
of health concerns and how these are treated or implemented
around the world and locally.

7. RECAP
RA 8750
RA 10586
RA 9512
Direction: Identify which law is being described in
each item. Choose the correct answer in the box.
• Prohibits children from sitting in the front seat of any motor
vehicle
• Secure and safeguard passengers and drivers
• Anti-drunk and drugged driving law
• The National Environmental Awareness and Education act of
2008
• Mandatory wearing of seat belts by the driver and
passengers

8. Global Health
and the
Millennium
Development
Goals

9. 8 Millennium Development Goals
 The United Nations Millennium
Development Goals are eight targets
that all 191 UN Member States have
agreed to achieve by 2015.
 The United Nations Millennium
Declaration, signed in September
2000 commits world leaders to fight
discrimination against women and
children, disease, hunger, poverty,
illiteracy, and environmental
degradation. All of these goals
cannot be attained without
addressing each and everyone. All of
them influence, affect and depend
on better global health programs and
policies.

10. 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

11. 2. ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
• Persons, particularly 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 children have
better survival rates, are
healthier and better nourished.

12. 3. PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND 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.

13. 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.

14. 5. IMPROVE MATERNAL CARE
 Improved maternal health is
not only about mother’s health
but also involves the health and
wellness of the family. Maternal
health also helps eradicate
other problems like poverty,
gender inequality, decreased
workforce, lower birth deaths,
and disability of women.

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. Global Health
Initiatives
 One of the benefits of globalization to the world is
the development and improvement of various
health initiatives initiated by different nations and
governments to address health issues and
concerns.
 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.

19. A. The Global Fight against Communicable Diseases

20. 1. 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.
• Specific objective:
 To enable and to increase the capacity of caregivers to
recognize malaria promptly and take early appropriate
action;
 To empower service providers by imparting adequate
knowledge, skill and capacity which enable them to
respond to malaria illness appropriately;
• To create an enabling environment for implementation.

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

22. B. 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. These new
vaccines which could help reduce the number of deaths in
children aged 5 years old and below.
This includes:
 Hepatitis B vaccine
 Childhood meningitis vaccine
 Yellow fever vaccine
 Influenza vaccine
 Vaccine for pneumonia

23. C. The Global Fund
to Fight AIDS, TB,
and Malaria
• 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.

25. WRAP-UP
Direction: Choose one
among the 8 MDGs and
answer the following
questions.
• What if this goal is achieved?
• What if this goal is not
achieved?

26. VALUING
Direction: Write a reflection on the
things you have learned in this
lesson.
1. As a student/individual, how can
you contribute to solve the global
health problem that we are currently
facing – CoVID-19 pandemic?

27. END OF
SESSION