CHAPTER 8: EMERGING TRENDS IN PUBLIC HEALTH

16. (Bonus Queston) Post-Typhoon Haiyan is also

1. During the World Health Assembly, who addressed
called as?
the delegates and said that “this is a time of
transitions and transformations.”
2. Dr. Khan went on to say that in order to address
the challenges that await public health systems of
countries, they would “need well-functioning
health systems that can withstand shocks.” TRUE
OR FALSE
3. What is one of the inevitable greatest challenges
confronting the global community?
4. In 2018, the Philippines experienced what
historians would refer to as the strongest recorded
typhoon to have made landfall in the history of
mankind.
5. What particular name of the typhoon that revolved
discussions on how to create disaster-resilient
health systems?
6. Learning from what disease crisis, Kruk et. Al
(2015) wrote that responding “to a crisis, be it a
disease outbreak or other disruption resulting in a
surge of demand for health care.”
7. What are these two systems that must work in
concert during a crisis—and indeed long before
crisis strikes?
8. Chan et. Al went on to further describe the
characteristics of a resilient health system. TRUE
OR FALSE?
9. What are the five (5) characteristics of a resilient
health system?
10. This characteristic of a resilient health system has
an up-to-date map of human, physical, and
information assets that highlight areas of strength
and vulnerability.
11. This characteristic of a resilient health system has
the capacity to address a broad range of health
challenges rather than a targeted few are more
stable and capable of detecting disturbances when
they arise.
12. This characteristic of a resilient health system has
the ability to contain and isolate health threats
while delivering core health services and avoiding
propagating instability throughout the system.
13. This characteristic of a resilient health system
brings together diverse actors, ideas, and groups
to formulate solutions and initiate action.
14. This characteristic of a resilient health system has
the ability to transform in ways that improve
function in the face of highly adverse conditions. It
does not manifest only in crisis.
15. Changes in public health will also require old ways
of understanding the field of public health. TRUE
OR FALSE?