NU411 Exam 4 Guide With
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Global warming, cross border pollution, financial crises, emerging diseases,
sexual slavery - ANSWER negative aspects of globalization
World Health Organization - ANSWER intergovernmental agency to lead and
coordinate worldwide health activities; associated with the UN
World Bank - ANSWER provides low-interest loans to developing nations to
fund environmental health projects, like safe water, adequate housing,
agriculture, and sanitation
Pan American Health Organization - ANSWER quasi-independent branch of
WHO that works to strengthen international and local health systems to
improve health of 25 countries in Western Hemisphere; environmental
management, research/scholarship, monitors disease
United Nations Children's Fund - ANSWER concentrates its efforts in
maternal and child health; focuses on communicable disease, primary
prevention, fresh water, safe food, health education for mothers/girls,
immunization
Agency for International Development - ANSWER Arm of U.S. State
Department that works to advance U.S. national security and economic
prosperity; provides expertise and funding to countries needing economic
development
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ANSWER provide expertise in
,controlling and preventing disease; available for consultation during
emergencies where experts may be dispatched to country in need; can
provide health equipment and resources to develop a comprehensive plan
for disease control/elimination
nongovernmental organizations - ANSWER nonprofit international
organizations devoted to investigating human rights abuses and providing
humanitarian relief
Doctors Without Borders - ANSWER non-governmental volunteer
organization that helps people in war-torn regions and aids developing
countries facing endemic disease
The Carter Center - ANSWER established by President Jimmy Carter; service
organization committed to promoting human rights and improving health
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - ANSWER has the same annual budget
for global health as the WHO; works to reduce disease burden in developing
countries, px/tx of HIV, vaccine research, improvement of maternal/infant
health, agriculture development, etc.
urbanization, stress on global environment, increased demand for family
planning, pregnancy/childbirth complications, lack of prenatal care,
HIV/AIDS - ANSWER major world population challenges
ungraded event (WHO) - ANSWER an event that is being assessed, tracked,
or monitored by WHO but that requires no response at the time
grade one (WHO) - ANSWER a single or multiple country event with minimal
public health consequences that requires a minimal WCO response or a
minimal international WHO response
, grade two (WHO) - ANSWER a single or multiple country event with
moderate public health consequences that requires a moderate WCO
response and/or a moderate international WHO response
grade three (WHO) - ANSWER a single or multiple country event with
substantial public health consequences that requires a substantial WHO
response
personal wealth - ANSWER accumulations of assets by an individual such as
money and possessions
increased productivity, increased education, decreased child mortality, better
access to natural resources, increased life expectancy - ANSWER things that
come with increased personal wealth
natural resources, physical capital, education capital, carbon damage, health
capital - ANSWER examples of things included in comprehensive wealth
WHO Sustainable Development Goals - ANSWER call for action by all
countries to promote prosperity while protecting the planet
Global Treaty on Tobacco Control (2003) - ANSWER endorses a global ban on
tobacco ads and promotion to those under 18 years old, prohibits tax- and
duty-free sales, ends subsidies for tobacco production, limits exposure to
second hand smoke
microfinancing - ANSWER lending small sums of money to the poor so they
can work their way out of poverty
Complete Solution
Global warming, cross border pollution, financial crises, emerging diseases,
sexual slavery - ANSWER negative aspects of globalization
World Health Organization - ANSWER intergovernmental agency to lead and
coordinate worldwide health activities; associated with the UN
World Bank - ANSWER provides low-interest loans to developing nations to
fund environmental health projects, like safe water, adequate housing,
agriculture, and sanitation
Pan American Health Organization - ANSWER quasi-independent branch of
WHO that works to strengthen international and local health systems to
improve health of 25 countries in Western Hemisphere; environmental
management, research/scholarship, monitors disease
United Nations Children's Fund - ANSWER concentrates its efforts in
maternal and child health; focuses on communicable disease, primary
prevention, fresh water, safe food, health education for mothers/girls,
immunization
Agency for International Development - ANSWER Arm of U.S. State
Department that works to advance U.S. national security and economic
prosperity; provides expertise and funding to countries needing economic
development
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ANSWER provide expertise in
,controlling and preventing disease; available for consultation during
emergencies where experts may be dispatched to country in need; can
provide health equipment and resources to develop a comprehensive plan
for disease control/elimination
nongovernmental organizations - ANSWER nonprofit international
organizations devoted to investigating human rights abuses and providing
humanitarian relief
Doctors Without Borders - ANSWER non-governmental volunteer
organization that helps people in war-torn regions and aids developing
countries facing endemic disease
The Carter Center - ANSWER established by President Jimmy Carter; service
organization committed to promoting human rights and improving health
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - ANSWER has the same annual budget
for global health as the WHO; works to reduce disease burden in developing
countries, px/tx of HIV, vaccine research, improvement of maternal/infant
health, agriculture development, etc.
urbanization, stress on global environment, increased demand for family
planning, pregnancy/childbirth complications, lack of prenatal care,
HIV/AIDS - ANSWER major world population challenges
ungraded event (WHO) - ANSWER an event that is being assessed, tracked,
or monitored by WHO but that requires no response at the time
grade one (WHO) - ANSWER a single or multiple country event with minimal
public health consequences that requires a minimal WCO response or a
minimal international WHO response
, grade two (WHO) - ANSWER a single or multiple country event with
moderate public health consequences that requires a moderate WCO
response and/or a moderate international WHO response
grade three (WHO) - ANSWER a single or multiple country event with
substantial public health consequences that requires a substantial WHO
response
personal wealth - ANSWER accumulations of assets by an individual such as
money and possessions
increased productivity, increased education, decreased child mortality, better
access to natural resources, increased life expectancy - ANSWER things that
come with increased personal wealth
natural resources, physical capital, education capital, carbon damage, health
capital - ANSWER examples of things included in comprehensive wealth
WHO Sustainable Development Goals - ANSWER call for action by all
countries to promote prosperity while protecting the planet
Global Treaty on Tobacco Control (2003) - ANSWER endorses a global ban on
tobacco ads and promotion to those under 18 years old, prohibits tax- and
duty-free sales, ends subsidies for tobacco production, limits exposure to
second hand smoke
microfinancing - ANSWER lending small sums of money to the poor so they
can work their way out of poverty
