QUARTER 3: HEALTH TRENDS,

ISSUES AND CONCERN

(GLOBAL LEVEL)
OBJECTIVES:

 1. LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT GLOBAL HEALTH ISSUES AND THE

INITIATIVES MADE TO HELP ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS.
 2. IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF HEALTH CONCERNS AND HOW
THESE ARE TREATED OR IMPLEMENTED AROUND THE WORLD AND
LOCALLY.
 3. TRANSFER THE ACTIVITY WILL HELP EVALUATE UNDERSTANDING
OF THE DIFFERENT TOPICS.
 4. ASSESSED PRIOR TO ANSWERING THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND
AGAIN AT THE END OF THE LESSON TO CHECK FOR KNOWLEDGE,
UNDERSTANDING, ATTITUDES AND SKILLS LEARNED.
TOPICS:

 DEFINITION AND MEANING OF

GLOBAL HEALTH
 8 MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT
GOALS(MDG)
 UNDP’s QUICK WINS TO ANSWER
ACHIEVE THE 8 MDG
ACTIVITY I: WORD HUNT: With your group spot the word.
Write your answer on a sheet of paper.

 Procedure:
 1. Look for words/terms related global health issues and concerns
that the World Health Organization and member-nations are facing.
 2. White your answer on the separate 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 the current health issues and concerns in your

community?
 Share and discuss these health initiatives.
 2. What will the world be like if health issues and
concerns are not properly addressed by people around the
world?
 3. If you are a health worker in your community, what
health issues and concerns do you think should be
addressed immediately ? Why?
Activity II: Read these statements about global
health and choose the best answer.
 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. International Committee of the Red Cross
 B. United Nations Health and Life Insurance
 C. World Bank
 D. World Health Organization
 2. Which area recorded the highest death rate
among children aged 5 years and below?
 A. Africa
 B. East Asia and Pacific
 C. Latin America
 D. South Asia
 3. Which disease is the leading cause of death
among people who live in developing countries?
 A. Heart Diseases
 B. HIV/AIDS
 C. Malaria
 D. Respiratory Diseases
 4. Which region with individuals living in low and
middle-income countries is the most affected by
HIV infections?
 A. East Asia
 B. Pacific Region
 C. Sub-Saharan Africa
 D. South Asia
 5. Which life style disease is the top leading
cause of death worldwide?
 A. Diabetes
 B. Heart Disease
 C. Hypertension
 D. Stroke
WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION(WHO)

 The primary international body

responsible for developing leadership in
health, setting norms and standards and
providing health support among nations
around the world.
Global health and the 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.
 ILONA KICKBUSH(2006), director of the Global Health
Program at the Graduate Institute of International and
development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland states that
global health---pertains to various health issues, and trends
which go beyond national boundaries and call for global
initiatives for the protection and promotion of people’s
health across the world.
 KOPLAN and Associates (2009)
 ---is an area for study, research and
practice that prioritizes health
improvement and achieving impartially in
healthcare and wellness worldwide.
Global Health

 --Diverse health issues, concerns and

trends which call for all nations to
address and act on to promote and
protect health of individuals and
group across boundaries.
A. The 8 Millennium Development
Goals(MDGs)
 The United Nations Millennium Development Goals
were created through the United Nations Millennium
Development Goals are eight(8) targets that all 191 UN
Member States agreed to achieve in 2015 and hold all
governments to account for their development efforts.
However, this global approach fell short to create
indivisible and balance transformation to all countries
in the world.
The following are the 8 MDGs
 1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
 2. Achieve Universal primary education
 3. Promote gender equality and empower women
 4. Reduce Child Mortality
 5. Improve Maternal Health
 6. Combat HIV/AIDS, MALARIA and other Diseases
 7. Ensure environmental sustainability
 8. Global partnership for development
B. Sustainable Goals
 1. No Poverty. End poverty in all its forms
everywhere
 (targets: *eradicate extreme poverty
 *Reduce poverty by half
 *economic resources and property
 *Resistance to disasters
 *Mobilize financial resources
 *Create policy frameworks
 2.ZERO HUNGER-end hunger, achieve food security and
improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
 Targets:
 * Sufficient food for all
 *Healthy Nutrition
 *Strengthen small-scale farmers
 *Sustainable food production
 *Biodiversity of cultivated plants and livestock
 *Enhance agricultural productivity
 *Open agricultural markets
 *stable food prices
 3. GOOD HEALTH AND WELL BEING-ensure healthy lives and promote well-
being for all ages.
 Targets:
 *Reduce maternal mortality *Reduce tobacco consumption
 *Reduce child mortality * Medicines and Vaccine
 *End tropical diseases and epidemics
 *Physical and mental Health *Increase workforce in health sector
 *Fight addiction *Improve risk management
 *Greater transport safety
 *Facilitate family planning
 *Health Care for all
 *Less illness through environment toxin
 4. QUALITY EDUCATION-ensure inclusive and equitable quality education
and promote lifelong learning opportunities.
 Targets:
 *Ensure school education
 *Pre-primary education for all
 *Technical, vocational and tertiary education
 *More qualified workforce
 *Inclusion
 *Achieve literacy and numeracy
 *Education for sustainable development
 *Barrier-free education facilities
 *Scholarship for developing countries
 *Train teachers
 5. GENDER EQUALITY-Achieve gender equality and empower all
women and girls
 Targets:
 *End discrimination everywhere
 *Eliminate violence and exploitation
 *Prevent early marriage and female genital mutilation
 *Acknowledge care and domestic work
 *Participation and equal opportunities
 *Sexual health and family planning
 *Equal rights to economic resources and property
 *Technology(ICT) for women
 * Strengthen policies for gender equality
 6. CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION. Ensure availability and
sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
 Targets:
 *Access to drinking water
 *Sanitation and Hygiene
 *Improve water quality
 *Reduce water consumption
 *Sustainable water management
 *Protect waters and wetlands
 *Support water-related projects in developing countries.
 *strengthen participation of local communities.
 7.AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY. Ensure
access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern
energy for all.
 Targets:
 *Energy access for all
 *Sanitation and hygiene
 *Improve energy efficiency
 *Access to research and technology
 *Improve infrastructure in developing countries.
 8. DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. Promote sustained, inclusive and
sustainable economic growth full and productive employment and decent work for all.
 Targets:
 *Sustain economic growth
 *Increase productivity
 *Development oriented policies
 *Sustainable development
 *Full employment and decent work*Education and employment for young people
 *Eradicate child and forced labour
 *Protects labor rights
 *Promote sustainable tourism
 *Access to financial services
 *Increase efforts from developing countries
 *Global strategy for youth employment
 9. INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE. Build
resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable
industrialization and foster innovation.
 Targets:
 *Improve infrastructure
 *Sustainable industrialization
 *Increase integration into value chains for small-scale companies
 *Environmentally compatible and efficient industries
 *Research and Innovation
 *Support for infrastructure for developing countries
 *Technology and innovation in developing countries
 *Access to ICT and internet
 10. REDUCED INEQUALITIES.-Reduce inequality
within and among countries.
 Targets:
 *Increase income for the poorest population
 *Self-determination and inclusion
 *Equal opportunities
 *Fair taxation, wages and solid protection
 *Improve regulation of financial markets
 *Enhance voice for developing countries
 *Responsible migration policy
 11. SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES. Make cities and
human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
 Targets:
 *Affordable housing
 *Provide access to transport systems
 *Sustainable planning of urbanization
 *Protect cultural and natural heritage
 *Disaster assistance
 *Reduce environmental impacts
 *Design of public spaces
 *Links between Urban and rural areas.
 *Sustainable urban policy and disaster precaution
 *Sustainable building
 12. RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION. Enhance sustainable
consumption and production patterns.
 13. CLIMATE ACTION. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
 Targets:
 * Sustainable consumption and production
 *Natural resources conservation
 *Less food waste *Awareness Raising
 *Responsible waste disposal *Support developing countries
 *Avoid and recycle waste *Enhance sustainable tourism
 *Responsible companies *Abolish subsides of fossils fuels
 *Adaptation to climate change
 *National policies for climate protection
 *Financial assistance for developing countries
 *Increasing capacities in least developed countries
 *Sustainable procurement practices
 14. LIFE BELOW WATER. Conserve and sustainable use the oceans,
seas, and marine resources for sustainable development.
 Targets:
 *Clean seas *End poaching(Illegal fishing)
 *Stabilize ecosystems *Enhance support to combat poaching
 *Minimize ocean acidification
 *End overfishing
 *Conserve coastal and marine areas.
 *Prohibit harmful substances
 *Sustainable use of marine resources
 *Research and technology transfer
 *Support small scale artisanal fishers
 *Apply international law
 15.LIFE ON LAND. Protect restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial
ecosystem, sustainably manage forest, combats desertification and halt and reverse land
degradation and halt biodiversity less.
 Targets:
 *Protect terrestrial ecosystem
 *Healthy forest
 *Combat desertification
 *Preserve mountain ecosystem
 *Preserve biodiversity
 *Access to generics resources
 *Prevent introduction of invasive alien species
 *Use of economic indicators
 *Promote financial assistance for diversity
 *Finance sustainable forest management
 16. PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS. Promote peaceful and inclusive
societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective,
accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
 Targets:
 *Reduce war and violence
 *End violence against children
 *Promote rule of law
 *Combat criminal structures
 *Reduce corruption
 *Develop systems based on the rule of law
 *Democracy and participation
 *Global influence of developing countries
 *Legal identity for all
 * Free access to information
 *More capacities to combat violence
 17. PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS. Strengthen the means of implementation and the global
partnership for sustainable development.
 Targets:
 *Improve tax collection *Global partnership
 *Compliance with commitment to development aid
 *Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries
 *Reduce indebtedness *Cooperation of civil society factors
 *Encourage investments * Better demographic data
 *Global knowledge sharing *Draw up new indicators for prosperity
 *Sustainable technologies for all *Increase of developing countries
 *Bank for science and technology
 *Capacity building in developing countries
 *Reduce market barriers
 *Stabilize global markets
 *Enhance policy coherence
 *Respect each countries policy space