GCH 205 Questions and Answers
Health
A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity
Public Health
the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical health and mental
health and efficiency through organized community efforts toward a sanitary environment
Health, Public Health, and global health ex.
-emerging and reemerging infectious diseases
-antimicrobial resistance
-eradication of polio
-TB
-Malaria
-HIV
-The increasing cases of diabetes and heart disease globally
Low-income
$1,035 or less
Lower middle-income
$1,036 to $4,085
Upper middle-income:
$4,086 to $12,615
High-income:
, $12,616 or above
Millennium Development Goals
-Formulated in 2000
-8 MDGs and 15 core targets
-Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be the new set of development goals
MDG's (8)
1. Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty
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. Develop a global partnership for development
Inequities
lack of fairness or justice
Why study global health?
world is now a socio-economic interconnected web
Global security and freedom..
is connected to global health
New challenges:
emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases
Health
A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity
Public Health
the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical health and mental
health and efficiency through organized community efforts toward a sanitary environment
Health, Public Health, and global health ex.
-emerging and reemerging infectious diseases
-antimicrobial resistance
-eradication of polio
-TB
-Malaria
-HIV
-The increasing cases of diabetes and heart disease globally
Low-income
$1,035 or less
Lower middle-income
$1,036 to $4,085
Upper middle-income:
$4,086 to $12,615
High-income:
, $12,616 or above
Millennium Development Goals
-Formulated in 2000
-8 MDGs and 15 core targets
-Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be the new set of development goals
MDG's (8)
1. Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty
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. Develop a global partnership for development
Inequities
lack of fairness or justice
Why study global health?
world is now a socio-economic interconnected web
Global security and freedom..
is connected to global health
New challenges:
emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases
