Future challenges in global health
WG
In the exam:
- problem tree = down (why… because) | up (if so, then)
- use words as: lack of or bad (so bad hygiene instead of hygiene)
3 Reasons of antibiotic resistance: use = misuse, overuse and underuse
Readings
Maternal and sexual related health
Based on the data we have there is not one recommendation we can give concerning maternal
services. It depends on the context and the decisions should be made national or locally.
To prevent maternal mortality
Asylum
When restrictions were imposed on immigration, more newcomers presented themselves as
refugees, raising doubts as to the validity of their claim. Growing suspicion regarding asylum seekers
was fuelled by stories of deception and forgery. Hospitality towards refugees progressively turned
into hostility towards those who were viewed as economic immigrants.
asylum process: a social environment in which public discourses discredit and stigmatize refugees.
Humanisme as violence
Immigrants are stripped of their legal personas when identified solely as suffering bodies, and, as
such, they cannot be protected by law; they are rendered politically irrelevant. And although they
may be liberated from suffering, they are not liberated into full citizenship.
- it sustains a more powerful distinction between citizen and human while impoverishing the
idea of the human: One can be either a citizen or human but not both, once one is affirmed
as part of humanity and protected by humanitarian clauses, one loses one's political and
social rights.
Political humanism is a philosophical and ethical perspective that emphasizes the importance of
human values, dignity, and well-being in the realm of politics and governance. It places human
beings and their welfare at the center of political decision-making and policy formulation.
- can be bad because it shifts the attention of from human rights
- we are not the ones who should be deciding which reason is sufficient to ask asylum and
which reason is not
, Antimicrobial resistance
- Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health and development threat. It requires urgent
multisectoral action in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- WHO has declared that AMR is one of the top 10 global public health threats facing
humanity.
- Misuse and overuse of antimicrobials are the main drivers in the development of
drug-resistant pathogens.
- Lack of clean water and sanitation and inadequate infection prevention and control
promotes the spread of microbes, some of which can be resistant to antimicrobial treatment.
- The cost of AMR to the economy is significant. In addition to death and disability, prolonged
illness results in longer hospital stays, the need for more expensive medicines and financial
challenges for those impacted.
- Without effective antimicrobials, the success of modern medicine in treating infections,
including during major surgery and cancer chemotherapy, would be at increased risk.
WG
In the exam:
- problem tree = down (why… because) | up (if so, then)
- use words as: lack of or bad (so bad hygiene instead of hygiene)
3 Reasons of antibiotic resistance: use = misuse, overuse and underuse
Readings
Maternal and sexual related health
Based on the data we have there is not one recommendation we can give concerning maternal
services. It depends on the context and the decisions should be made national or locally.
To prevent maternal mortality
Asylum
When restrictions were imposed on immigration, more newcomers presented themselves as
refugees, raising doubts as to the validity of their claim. Growing suspicion regarding asylum seekers
was fuelled by stories of deception and forgery. Hospitality towards refugees progressively turned
into hostility towards those who were viewed as economic immigrants.
asylum process: a social environment in which public discourses discredit and stigmatize refugees.
Humanisme as violence
Immigrants are stripped of their legal personas when identified solely as suffering bodies, and, as
such, they cannot be protected by law; they are rendered politically irrelevant. And although they
may be liberated from suffering, they are not liberated into full citizenship.
- it sustains a more powerful distinction between citizen and human while impoverishing the
idea of the human: One can be either a citizen or human but not both, once one is affirmed
as part of humanity and protected by humanitarian clauses, one loses one's political and
social rights.
Political humanism is a philosophical and ethical perspective that emphasizes the importance of
human values, dignity, and well-being in the realm of politics and governance. It places human
beings and their welfare at the center of political decision-making and policy formulation.
- can be bad because it shifts the attention of from human rights
- we are not the ones who should be deciding which reason is sufficient to ask asylum and
which reason is not
, Antimicrobial resistance
- Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health and development threat. It requires urgent
multisectoral action in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- WHO has declared that AMR is one of the top 10 global public health threats facing
humanity.
- Misuse and overuse of antimicrobials are the main drivers in the development of
drug-resistant pathogens.
- Lack of clean water and sanitation and inadequate infection prevention and control
promotes the spread of microbes, some of which can be resistant to antimicrobial treatment.
- The cost of AMR to the economy is significant. In addition to death and disability, prolonged
illness results in longer hospital stays, the need for more expensive medicines and financial
challenges for those impacted.
- Without effective antimicrobials, the success of modern medicine in treating infections,
including during major surgery and cancer chemotherapy, would be at increased risk.
