Health Trends,

Issues and
Concerns
UNITED NATIONS
World Health
Organizations
 GLOBAL HEALTH
• the health of the world as a
whole,
• the area of study research
and practice which gives
priority o improving and
achieving equal health for
all people worldwide
GLOBAL HEALTH INITIATIVES
• a program or
strategy which
addresses global
health issues,
concerns and trends
 8
Millennium
Development
Goals
ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY
AND HUNGER

Poverty and Hunger leads to

severe malnutrition which
leads to lifelong physical
and cognitive damage and
affects health well-being
and the economy
ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY
AND HUNGER
• 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 country
during crises
ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY
EDUCATION
People, particularly women
should be educated to seek
medical care during:
• pregnancy,
• ensuring proper nutrition
• healthy sanitary practices, and
• ensuring immunization
ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY
EDUCATION
• Marry and have their own families at a
later stage
• Practice family planning
• Know rights, responsibilities and civic
obligations
• Seek employment
• Decreased risk of getting sexually
transmitted infections
• Support and protection of developing and
vulnerable country during crises
PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND
EMPOWER WOMEN

• Equal representation
of men and women
• Equal value and
treatment
PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND
EMPOWER WOMEN
• Early childhood development intervention
• Promotion of women’s political rights and
involvement
• Improved reproductive health programs
and policies
• Education and integrating gender equality
to school curriculum
• Improved women’s access to work and
strengthened labor policies for women
• Support and protection of developing and
vulnerable country during crises
REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY
Programs and policies which
help to reduce child
mortality like:
• improving nutritional intake,
• health care facilities and
infrastructures, and
• other fields which improve
children’s lives
REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY
• Immunization program
• Assuring the survival and better
health of mothers
• Improving reproductive health
programs and policies
• Better nutrition programs for
infants, children and mothers
IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH
• Not only about mother’s health
but also involves the health and
wellness of the family.
• Eradicate problems like
poverty, gender inequality,
decreased workforce, lower
birth deaths and disability of
women.
IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH
• Improved and proper nutrition for
mothers
• Teaching the benefits of birth
spacing and small family size
• Educating young boys and girls
about the importance of maternal
health
• Better and improvement access to
hospital care
COMBAT HIV / AIDS, MALARIA AND
OTHER DISEASES

• Shortage of
professional workers,
• Creating social crises,
• Affect the productivity
and growth of nations.
COMBAT HIV / AIDS, MALARIA AND
OTHER DISEASES
• Improved housing conditions
• Increased access to anti-malarial
medicines
• Promoting safer sex behavior and
preventive education for all
• Promoting screening of HIV/AIDS
• TB Directly Observed Treatment Short
• Promoting the use of insecticide-
treated nets to fights mosquito-borne
diseases
ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainable energy like
solar, wind and water
energy help support jobs,
create business
opportunities and save
remaining non-renewable
energy sources.
ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY
• Clean air and environment
• Clean, environment-friendly
and renewable energy
• New and aspiring jobs and
business in energy
• Increased access to
sanitation
GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR
DEVELOPMENT
UN, WHO, WORLD BANK and
other governments work
together to make sure there
is fair trade and that heavily
indebted countries obtain
relief and funds to combat
malnutrition and poverty
GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR
DEVELOPMENT
• Expanded international trade
agreements
• Improved access to affordable
medicine
• Reduced poverty through
government debt and relief
grant
• Developed ICT infrastructure
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