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Health
Quarter 3 – Module 4
Health Trends, Issues, and
Concerns (Global Level)

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About the Module________________________________
This module aims to help you to learn about different global health issues and the
initiatives made to help address this problem. Are you ready to learn? Then go through
each lesson to become health-oriented and globally adept.

The module is divided into four lessons, namely:

Lesson 1 – Millennium Development Goals
Lesson 2- WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Lesson 3- Global Fight against Communicable Diseases
Through this module, you will be able to:
1. Discuss the significance of global health initiatives;
2. Describes how global health initiatives positively impact people’s health in
various countries; and
3. Analyze the issues in the implementation of global health initiatives.

What I Know
Directions: Read the following items carefully. Write the letter of the best answer in
each item.
Note: Use separate sheets in answering this test.

1. Which of these international organizations is the chief body responsible for

providing leadership on global health, setting norms and standards, and
providing health support to countries around the world?
A. World Bank
B. World Health Organization
C. International Committee of the Red Cross
D. United Nations Health and Life Insurance
2. One of the millennium development goals is to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and
other diseases. Which situation speaks of precautionary measures to avoid
contamination?
A. By drinking and smoking.
B. By not practicing proper hygiene.
C. By faking that you are fully vaccinated.
D. By taking HIV prevention medicines and not using the same needle
twice.
3. In what region did new HIV infections occur among individuals living in low- and
middle-income countries?
A. East Asia C. Pacific Asia
B. South Asia D. Sub-Saharan Africa

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4. Which disease is the leading cause of death among people who live in developing
countries?
A. Malaria C. Heart Diseases
B. HIV/AIDS D. Respiratory Diseases
5. Which country has recorded the highest death rate among children aged 5 years
and below?
A. Africa C. Latin America
B. South Asia D. East Asia and Pacific
6. Which Millennium Development Goal aims to strengthen the Immunization
Program?
A. Improve maternal health C. Ensure Environmental sustainability
B. Reduce child mortality D. Eradicate extreme poverty and Hunger
7. The Millennium Development Goal that improved access to affordable medicine.
A. Reduce Child Mortality
B. Global partnership for development
C. Ensure environmental sustainability
D. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
8. The following vaccines help reduce the number of deaths in children aged 5 yrs.
old and below EXCEPT:
A. Hepatitis B Vaccine C. Measles Vaccine
B. Influenza Vaccine D. Yellow Fever Vaccine
9. How many members of United Nations Millennium Development Goals have
agreed to achieve Globally in 2015?
A. 189 B. 190 C. 191 D. 192
10. Which Millennium Goal can help produce more jobs?
A. Reduce child mortality
B. Improve maternal health
C. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
D. Achieve Universal Primary Education
11. When was the signing of the United Nations Millennium Development Goal
Declaration?
A. Sept. 1999 B. Sept. 2000 C. Sept. 2001 D. Sept. 2002
12. What age bracket did Africa recorded the highest death rate among children?
A. 5 years and below C. 15 years and below
B. 10 years and below D. 20 years and below
13. Which Millennium Goals promote safer sex behavior and preventive education?
A. Improve maternal health
B. Ensure environmental sustainability
C. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
D. Combats HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other Diseases
14. What goals are set by the UN for its member-nations to be fulfilled on an
agreed span of time for evaluation and counter checking?
A. World Health Goals C. Millennium Development Goals
B. K-12 Development Goals D. United Nations Development Goals
15. Which of the UNDP’s intervention programs helps to achieve the millennium
development goals?
A. Quick Call B. Quick Count C. Quick Smile D. Quick Wins

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 Lesson Millennium Development
1 Goals

What I Need to Know

After going through this module, you will be able to:
1. recognize the eight-millennium development goals;
2. predict the Global effects of the eight Millennium Development; and
3. write a report about the Philippine MDG scenario.

What’s In

Directions: In the cross word puzzle below, look for 10 global health issues and
concerns. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

M A L A R I A I D E N T
W A T E R S A F E T Y R
A Q S E S A E S I D N E
H T L A E H S N E M O W
M E N T A L H E A L T H
Z X C N M K I L O P O E
A S D P A O V T R D N U
E N V I R O N M E N T G
E R D N O I T I R T U N
E S T Y R R W E T Y B E
S T O W T O B A C C O D

Answer these Questions:

1. What are issues and concerns did you find in the puzzle? Are these the same in
your community?
2. What will the world be like if health issues, and concerns are not properly
addressed by people around the world?
3. If you were a health worker in your community, what health issues and concerns
do you think must be addressed immediately? Why?

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 What’s New & What is It
Global Health and the Millennium Development Goals
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.

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 Development Goals were signed in September 2000.

One of the UNDP’s programs to achieve the eight millennium development goals is
called Quick wins.

Goal 1 Eradicate Extreme Poverty & Hunger

Target 1. A: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people
whose income is less than $1.25 a day
Target 1. B: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work
for all, including women and young people
Target 1. Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who
suffer from hunger
Goal 2 Achieve Universal Primary Education

Target 2. A: Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls

alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling

Goal 3. Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women

Target 3. A: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary
education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later
than 2015

Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality

Target 4.: Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-
five mortality rate

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 Goal 5: Improve Maternal Health
Target 5. A: Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the
begun
maternal mortality ratio
Target 5. B: Achieve, by 2015, universal access to reproductive health

Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and other diseases

Target 6. A: Have halted by 2015 and to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS

Target 6. B: Achieve by 2010, universal access to treatment for
HIV/AIDS for all those who need it
Target 6. C: Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse incidence of
malaria and other major diseases

Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability

Target 7. A: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country
policies and programs and reverse the loss of environmental resources

Target 7. B: Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant

reduction in the rate of loss
Target 7. C: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without
sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation

Target 7. D: Achieve, by 2020, a significant improvement in the lives of at

least 100 million slum dwellers

Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

Target 8. A: Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-
discriminatory trading and financial system
Target 8. B: Address the special needs of least developed countries
Target 8. C: Address the special needs of landlocked developing countries
and small island developing states
Target 8. D: Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing
countries
Target 8. E: In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access
to affordable essential drugs in developing countries

Target 8. F: In cooperation with the private sector, make available benefits

of new technologies, especially information and communications

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 What’s More

ACTIVITY 1.2
Directions: Provide the table below with the correct information.

Disease Symptoms Transmission Treatment The consequence of not

receiving treatment
HIV/AIDS
TUBERCULOSIS
MALARIA
DENGUE
CHOLERA

What I Have Learned

Directions: Predict the global effect if the Eight Millennium Development Goals were
achieved or not achieved.

Goal Millennium Development Goals What if this goal What if this goal
No. is achieved? is not achieved?
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2
3
4
5
6
7
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What I Can Do
Directions: Do you think the Philippines will be able to achieve these eight goals this
year? List down which of these goals are highly achievable and why?
Millennium Development Goal
Highly Achievable Goals Reasons
1.
2.
3.

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 Lesson WHO Framework
Convention on Tobacco
2 Control

What I Need to Know

After going through this module, you will be able to:

1. recognize the Global health initiatives;

2. predict global health issues and concerns; and
3. design a poster about how to reduce the harmful use of alcohol.

What’s In
Simple Recall: Read and answer the following questions.
1. The United Nations Millennium Development Goals are___________
2. The term _____________ rose in popularity along with the rise of globalization.

What’s New & What is It

Global Prevention and Control of tobacco and Alcohol Use

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. It reaffirms the right of every
individual across the world to the highest standard of health-promoting public health
and providing new legal means for global health cooperation

The following summarizes the WHO FCTC’S provisions:

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

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 tobacco products; Regulation of tobacco products disclosures; New
packaging and labeling of tobacco products Education, communication,
training, and public awareness; Demand reduction measures concerning
tobacco and cessation; Tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship.
Global Strategy to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol
The global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol recognizes the close ties between
the harmful use of alcohol and the socio-economic development of a nation. Likewise,
this strategy builds and supports other global health initiatives like the global strategy
for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.
Global strategy for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases:

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.

What I Have Learned

Directions: Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.

1. How does the Philippine Government address different local and national health
issues and concerns like communicable disease and tobacco and alcohol-related
diseases?
2. Who do you think are the stakeholders of the Government in addressing health
problems? How can they help control various health problems?

What I Can Do
Direction: On a short bond paper make a poster of the harmful effects of alcohol. Use
any materials available at home.

Criteria:

Creativity 20
Neatness of work 10
Interpretation 20
Total Score: 40 pts

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 Lesson Global Fight against
3 Communicable diseases

What I Need to Know

After going through this module, you will be able to:

1. recognize global health initiatives spearheaded by the world health
organization;
2. conduct individual research on the positive impact of health initiatives on
different regions around the world; and
3. list factors that delay the implementation of health initiatives at the local
and national levels.

What’s In

Instruction: Write in each box the different global health issues, concerns, and trends
encountered around the world.

Global health
issues, concerns,
and trends

What’s New & What is It

These are the global health initiatives spearheaded by the world health organization:
A. 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.

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B. 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

What I Have Learned

Direction: Fill in the blanks with the necessary words to make the
statement correct. Choose your answers from the words given inside the box.

Roll Back Malaria TB-DOTS short-course strategy

Infection Malaria infection Stop TB

1. _____________Is a Global effort to reduce the number of deaths from 2.

__________through heightened prevention tools, rapid response to outbreaks,
development of new anti-malarial products, and effective treatment of the 3. ___________.

4.________________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
5. __________________________.

What I Can Do
Now that you know some of the health initiatives in the Philippines, what do you think
are some of the local and national factors, influences, and beliefs in the Philippines
which derail the fast and full implementation of these global health initiatives?

Instructions: List the factors that influence the beliefs which delay the implementation
of health initiatives at the local and national level. Beside the answers, write how these
hindering factors can be managed

Local Reasons National Reasons

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 Assessment

Directions: Read the following items carefully. Write the letter of the best answer in
each item.
1. Which Millennium Goal can help produce more jobs?
A. Reduce child mortality
B. Improve maternal health
C. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
D. Achieve Universal Primary Education
2. When was the signing of the United Nations Millennium Development Goal
Declaration?
A. Sept. 1999 B. Sept. 2000 C. Sept. 2001 D. Sept. 2002
3. What age bracket did Africa recorded the highest death rate among children?
A. 5 years and below C. 15 years and below
B. 10 years and below D. 20 years and below
4. Which Millennium Goals promote safer sex behavior and preventive education?
A. Improve maternal health
B. Ensure environmental sustainability
C. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
D. Combats HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other Diseases
5. What goals are set by the UN for its member-nations to be fulfilled on an agreed
span of time for evaluation and counter checking?
A. World Health Goals C. Millennium Development Goals
B. K-12 Development Goals D. United Nations Development Goals
6. Which of the UNDP’s intervention programs helps to achieve the millennium
development goals?
A. Quick Call B. Quick Count C. Quick Smile D. Quick Wins
7. Which Millennium Development Goal aims to strengthen the Immunization
Program?
A. Improve maternal health C. Ensure Environmental sustainability
B. Reduce child mortality D. Eradicate extreme poverty and Hunger
8. The Millennium Development Goal that improved access to affordable medicine.
A. Reduce Child Mortality
B. Global partnership for development
C. Ensure environmental sustainability
D. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
9. The following vaccines help reduce the number of deaths in children aged 5 yrs.
old and below EXCEPT:
A. Hepatitis B Vaccine C. Measles Vaccine
B. Influenza Vaccine D. Yellow Fever Vaccine
10. How many members of United Nations Millennium Development Goals have
agreed to achieve Globally in 2015?
A. 189 B. 190 C. 191 D. 192

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11. Which of these international organizations is the chief body responsible for
providing leadership on global health, setting norms and standards, and
providing health support to countries around the world?
A. World Bank
B. World Health Organization
C. International Committee of the Red Cross
D. United Nations Health and Life Insurance
12. One of the millennium development goals is to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and
other diseases. Which situation speaks of precautionary measures to avoid
contamination?
A. By drinking and smoking.
B. By not practicing proper hygiene.
C. By faking that you are fully vaccinated.
D. By taking HIV prevention medicines and not using the same needle
twice.
13. In what region did new HIV infections occur among individuals living in low- and
middle-income countries?
A. East Asia C. Pacific Asia
B. South Asia D. Sub-Saharan Africa
14. Which disease is the leading cause of death among people who live in developing
countries?
A. Malaria C. Heart Diseases
B. HIV/AIDS D. Respiratory Diseases
15. Which country has recorded the highest death rate among children aged 5 years
and below?
A. Africa C. Latin America
B. South Asia D. East Asia and Pacific

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 Answer key

What’s in

M A L A R I A I D E N T
W A T E R S A F E T Y R
A Q S E S A E S I D N E
H T L A E H S N E M O W
M E N T A L H E A L T H
Z X C N M K I L O P O E
A S D P A O V T R D N U
E N V I R O N M E N T G
E R D N O I T I R T U N
E S T Y R R W E T Y B E
S T O W T O B A C C O D

References
Books

AIDS by the number. UNAIDS 2013

AIDS epidemic update ( December 2005) UNAIDS and WHO. Switzerland
The global report of UNAIDS report on the Global AIDS 2013.
Koplan JP, Bond TC, Merson MH, Reddy KS, Rodriguez MH, Sewankambo
NK, et al. towards a common definition of global health, Lancet 2009; 373 1993_5
Say L et al. Maternal mortality in 2005. World Health Organization and the World
Bank. Switzerland 2007.

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