WHO
Name one WHO Priority
- achieving universal health coverage
- addressing health emergencies
- promote healthier populations
Identify an SDG other than SDG3
1. No Poverty
2. Zero Hunger
4. Quality Education
5. Gender Equality
6. Clean Water and Sanitation
13. Climate Action
What is the type of aid that provides food, water, shelter and immediate assistance
Emergency Aid
Name one NGO
Red Cross, Oxfam, World Vision
A range of programs has been implemented to address the SDG’s in low-income countries. Identify one of these programs and answer the following questions in relation to it.
Sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing program in Cambodia.
WHO AM I?
The World Health Organisation's priority associated with every country having a strong and resilient people-centred health system based on primary care, health promotion and disease prevention.
Universal Health Coverage
Name one target of SDG 3
Various answers include:
- Reduce the maternal mortality rates
- End preventable deaths of newborns and U5MR
- End the epidemics of AIDS, Tb, malaria etc
- Achieve universal health coverage
- Reduce the number of global deaths from injuries and road traffic
Identify how money is distributed through multilateral aid
Through a third party such as World Bank, UN, WHO.
How do NGO’s help to promote human development?
By addressing the underlying cause of poor health such as poverty, and giving individuals a decent standard of living so they are able to develop to their full potential
What type of aid is evident in the program?
(THINK - who funds the program?)
Multilateral aid
Funded by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
WHO AM I?
1. Improving human capital across the lifespan
2. Accelerating action on preventing non-communicable diseases and promoting mental health
3. Accelerating elimination and eradication of high-impact communicable diseases
4. Tackling antimicrobial resistance
5. Addressing health effects of climate change in small island developing States and other vulnerable States
WHO- Healthier Populations
Explain one way that SDG 1 – No poverty impacts on SDG 3- Good health and wellbeing
Various answers;
- By achieving no poverty, people have access to more nutritious foods which can decrease mortality, morbidity and U5MR rates
- By lifting people out of poverty, people will have access to basic services such as clean water and sanitation, this will decrease the rates of communicable diseases, improving health and wellbeing
What is bilateral aid?
Where aid is given by one country directly to another.
Evaluate an aspect of World Vision
Various answers include:
Community development— uses an integrated approach called an Area Development Program, which is designed to meet the needs of the community. ADPs operate in geographical areas that are large enough to have a regional impact but small enough to make a major impact on the individuals and communities in the area. They usually operate for 15 years and are designed to address the long-term, interconnected causes and effects of poverty in a way that is sustainable and that empowers the community.
Humanitarian and emergency relief— responds to natural and human-induced disasters to meet immediate needs like food, water and shelter. Also works with communities to help them recover and reduce the impacts of future disasters.
Tackling injustice through policy change, education and advocacy— engaging with governments, institutions, donors, communities and the public to address the underlying causes of poverty, and empowering communities to speak up for their rights and influence change.
What is the purpose of the program?
What SDG is being addressed?
SDG 3 - Good Health and Wellbeing
•Need to improve access to sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing information
•Women living in marginalised and isolated communities lack knowledge about sexual and reproductive health and this leads to poorer maternal health and wellbeing
•Higher rates of adolescent pregnancies in rural communities in Cambodia
WHICH WHO PRIORITIES AM I?
World Antibiotic Awareness Week aims to increase awareness of global antibiotic resistance and to encourage best practices among the general public, health workers and policymakers to avoid the further emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance. A global action plan to tackle the growing problem of resistance to antibiotics and other antimicrobial medicines was endorsed at the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly in May 2015. One of the key objectives of the plan is to improve awareness and understanding of antimicrobial resistance through effective communication, education and training.
Addressing health emergencies
Outline the 3 objectives of the SDG's
- End extreme poverty
- Fight inequality and injustice
- Address climate change
Explain how Australian aid is addressing the priority Infrastructure, trade facilitation and international competitiveness
Australia is helping with the construction of roads, rails and airports.
This allows the country to increase trade opportunities and increase the economy and international competitiveness
Explain how Oxfam promotes health and wellbeing
Various answers include:
Right to be heard: people claiming their right to a better life: Having the resources to purchase food, water, shelter and healthcare, people can achieve well-paid employment which enables a good standard of living.
Saving lives, now and in the future: Working to reduce the risks associated with future disasters promotes human development by helping people achieve a decent standard of living and live long and healthy lives.
Fair sharing of natural resources: When people are ill, adults are unable to work and children cannot attend school. Lobbying for action on climate change means less illness and greater potential for human development. With knowledge and skills, people can gain employment, gender equality is more likely to occur, and people will feel more empowered to participate in decisions that affect their lives.
Explain how the program could promote health and wellbeing
•Physical health and wellbeing- accessing care during pregnancy will reduce complications during pregnancy and reduce maternal and infant death rates
•Mental health and wellbeing- increasing knowledge about pregnancy and sexual health can decrease stress levels
•Emotional health and wellbeing- Reducing maternal and child deaths also promotes emotional health and wellbeing by removing the grief that is experienced when a mother or baby dies
•Spiritual health and wellbeing- Being a part of the program can increase a women’s sense of belonging as they may feel more part of the community.
•Social health and wellbeing- Talking to their family and friends about the information they learned from the sessions can promote a support network for pregnant women
Name, explain and provide an example of one of the 6 main functions of the work of WHO.
- Provide leadership and create partnerships to promote health and wellbeing / The WHO works with member states and other agencies to develop international policies and regulations to prevent and manage disease outbreaks and coordinate relief efforts in times of disaster / Produce effective vaccines.
- Conduct research and provide health and wellbeing information / The WHO works with others to ensure that up-to-date research is available to help inform decisions that promote health and wellbeing; prevent and control diseases, improve the health system; and help achieve universal access to healthcare. Provides research and development to improve ways diseases can be prevented, managed, treated and diagnosed /Led guidelines and advice on treating conditions such as asthma.
- Set norms and standards, and promote and monitor their implementation / Works with agencies and governments to standardise the way research is carried out, the use of common indicators for the collection of data and the health and wellbeing terminology that is used / International classification of diseases, which enables all countries to use a common standard for reporting diseases.
- Develop policies to help countries take action to promote health and well-being / Policies help governments and the global community implement action that is known to be effective in bringing about improvements in health and wellbeing / Global framework convention on tobacco control
- Provide technical support and help build sustainable health systems / Provide advice and support to countries to implement changes in areas such as the provision of universal healthcare, health financing and a trained workforce / assisting countries with health finance through developing a national health finance strategy.
- Monitor health and wellbeing and assess health and wellbeing trends / Developed a Global Health Observatory that stores and shares health-related data. Helps countries identify who is getting ill, from which disease and how they are getting ill, so recourses can be targeted to where they are needed most / WHO studies influenza trends to determine what should be included in the following season's influenza vaccine.
Explain the impact of quality education on good health and wellbeing
Various answers include;
Children who access quality education are more likely to be educated about sanitation therefore reducing the prevalence of communicable disease and decreasing U5MR
Mothers who are educated through childbirth are more likely to access healthcare and decrease the rates of maternal mortality
One of DFAT’s focus areas is Education. Explain how building schools in PNG and Fiji can help to promote health and wellbeing and human development
Various answers include:
Education offers opportunity. Children, in particular girls, can receive an education through the school building program, which will allow them to gain knowledge to access a higher paying job that the individual can use their income for nutritious foods to improve physical health.
Educated individuals are more likely to send their own children to school, therefore passing on knowledge and helping people live lives they value
Through the World Vision program, Namina and her school mates have been able to continue their education at a temporary learning centre.
100,000 have been provided with clean drinking water through the construction or restoration of 22 water systems.
1. What type of aid am I?
2. How has this program promoted human development?
1. Aid: Bilateral
2. Human Development: Children are gaining access to knowledge to enable them to live to their full potential.
With access to water, people can live lives they value being free from illness and disease
Explain how the program could promote human development.
•Having access to contraception can means women and families can plan their pregnancies and empowers women and gives them control of their lives
•The program provides knowledge of what is required for a healthy pregnancy and therefore helps mothers and children develop to their full potential and enjoy a long and healthy life.