Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION VII – CENTRAL VISAYAS
DIVISION OF CEBU PROVINCE

SELF LEARNING HOME TASK IN MAPEH

HEALTH 10
rd
3 Quarter Week 1 & 2
Name: Section: Date:
School: District:

I. MELC COMPETENCY CODE

Discuss the significance of global health H10HC-IIIa-1
initiatives
II. OBJECTIVES
A. identify the different millennium development goals
B. describes how global health initiatives positively impacts people’s health
in various countries
III. SUBJECT MATTER

Health Trends, Issues, and Concern (Global level)

IV. REFERENCES
• MAPEH 10 CG
• MAPEH 10 TG
• The Eight Millennium Development Goals https://www.google.com/search?
q=millennium+development+goals&oq=millennium&
aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l3j46j0l2j46.13448j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
• Introduction to the Millennium Development Goals
http://www.oneworldyouthproject.org/pdfs/settinggoals.pdf

V. PROCEDURE
A. Readings/discussion

Health Trends, Issues, and Concern (Global level)

The term “global health” rose in popularity along with the rise of
globalization. Both. terms improved public awareness of vulnerabilities and
shared responsibilities among people for the different injustices in the world.
According to Ilona Kickbush (2006), global heath pertains to various health
issues, concerns and trends which go beyond national boundaries and call for
global initiatives for the protection and the promotion of people’s health across
the world. Koplan and Associates (2009) states that global health is an area for
study, research and practice that priorities health improvement and achieving
impartially in health care and wellness worldwide. Beaglehole and

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 Bonita (2010) gave also a short but meaningful definition of global health:
cooperative research and action of international communities to promote
health for all.

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 these goals
cannot be attained without addressing each and everyone. All of them
influence, affect, and depend on better global health programs and policies.
1 Developing country particularly in Africa and Asia suffer
from extreme poverty and hunger. Poverty and hunger lead
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.
 Support and protection of developing and vulnerable countries during crises

2 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. 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.
 Have decreased risk of getting sexually transmitted infections like HIV/AIDS.
 Support and protection of developing and vulnerable countries during crises

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 3 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 women.
 Support and protection of developing and vulnerable countries during crises

4 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, children and mothers

5 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.
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
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Better and improved access to hospital care especially
obstetrics-gynecology, prenatal and postnatal care
6 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

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 TB - Directly Observed Treatment Short (TB-DOTS) Course therapy
 Promoting the use of insecticide-treated nets to fight mosquito-borne diseases.

7 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 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) infrastructure.
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. 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.

A. The Global Fight against Communicable

Diseases 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-malaria products, and effective treatment of the infection.
Specific Objectives:
To enable and to increase the capacity of caregivers to recognize malaria
promptly and take early appropriate action;
To empower service providers by importing adequate knowledge, skill and
capacity which enable them to respond to malaria illness appropriately;
To create an enabling environment for implementation

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 2. Stop TB
Stop TB is a Global effort to prevent further transmission of Tuberculosis (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.
B. Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization
The Global Alliance for Vaccines and immunization is a 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 to reduce the number of deaths in children aged 5 years
old and below. This includes:
Hepatitis B vaccine
Childhood meningitis vaccines
Yellow fever vaccine
Influenza vaccine
Vaccine for pneumonia
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 human which contributes to the fulfillment of
the Millennium Development Goals.
B. Exercises for skills/analysis using hots for content subjects

Exercise 1
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the necessary words to make the paragraph
complete. Choose your answer/s from the words given inside the box.
Global health World Health Organization project
Health issues prevention alcohol
Non- communicable sanitation climate
Mental pollution trends

Global Health initiatives are programs and 1)________________ which help

address global health issues, concerns and trends. 2)___________________ is a
new trend in which the 3)_______________ addresses health concerns in
cooperation with member-nations and private international organizations as partners.
Some of these 4)_________________________ , concerns, and trends about
5)__________________ health, pollution, 6)_________________ change,
environmental 7)____________________, tobacco control, harmful use of
8)_________________, and 9)____________________ and control of
communicable and 10)_________________ diseases.

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 Exercise 2 WHAT IF…?
Directions:
Predict the global effects if the eight Millennium Development Goals were
achieved or not achieved. Copy the table below and write your predictions in each
column on a one whole sheet of paper.
What if this goal What if this goal is
Goal No. Millenium Development Goals is achieved? not achieved?
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3
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5
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Adapted from: Measuring success: the millennium development goals (mdgs) a high
school unit (grades 9-12). TeachUNICEF. United States Fund and UNICEF. 2008
C. Assessment/Application/Outputs (Please refer to DepEd Order No. 31,
s. 2020)
Directions: Read the questionS carefully and choose the letter of the correct answer.
Write the letter before the number.
1.Which of the following is the most appropriate term an individual use to refer areas
where groups may target for global health efforts?
A. Poor country C. Developing country
B. Third world country D. Resource limited setting
2.Which of the following is NOT one of the UN Millennium Development Goals?
A. To completely end gender inequality B. C. To ensure environmental sustainability D.
To achieve universal primary education To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
3. Which of the following promotes maternal health?
A. Limited access to day care center
B. Using high heels during pregnancy
C. Spacing of child birth for at least 2 years
D. Absence of education on cervical cancer and other diseases
4. Which of the following is not a Millennium development Goal?
A. Reduce child mortality
B. Improve maternal health
C. Ensure environmental sustainability
D. Dig more wells for water in developing countries
5. Which of these International Organizations is the chief body liable in providing
leadership on global health, setting norms and standards and providing health
support around the world?
A. World Bank C. United Nation Health and Life Insurance
B. World Health Organization D. International Committee of the Red Cross
6. Which of the following conditions are sustainable?
A. Funding for AIDS research
B. Shift to the use of wind-powered electricity
C. Clearing of agricultural lands for grazing
cows D.Reduction of consumption patterns

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 7. What period did the United Nations member states work to achieve their
Millennium Development Goals?
A. 1990 – 2015 C. 1990 – 2005
B. 2000 – 2015 D. 2000 – Present
8.Which of the following is not part of the Sustainable Development Goals?
A. Provision of internet services C. Access to sustainable energy for all
B. Promotion of decent jobs for all D. Availability of water and sanitation for all
9.Which of the following conditions do not transmit the HIV virus/AIDS?
A. Blood transfusion C. Hugging an AIDS patient
B. Use of recycled syringe D. Pregnant mother is a HIV positive
10. This refers to diverse health issues, concerns and trends which involve all nations
to deal with an act to protect the health of people and groups across boundaries.
A. Health C. Global health
B. Public health D. Health education
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