WHO
Name one WHO Priority
- Achieving Universal Health Coverage
- Addressing Health Emergencies
- Promoting Healthier Populations
Identify an SDG other than SDG3 (name and number)
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, Care Australia, Tabitha Foundation, World Vision
WHO AM I?
The World Health Organisation priority associated with the legally binding health regulations that provide countries with a set of rules to follow in the event of a disease outbreak.
Addressing Health Emergencies
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
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
WHO AM I?
- a strong, efficient, well-run health system;
- a system for financing health services;
- access to essential medicines and technologies;
- a sufficient capacity of well-trained, motivated health workers.
WHO priority - Achieving universal health coverage
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.
Explain how a World Vision program can improve human development.
The goal is to reduce U5MR and MM through:
7 core interventions for mothers eg. healthy timing and spacing of pregnancy & adequate diet
11 core interventions for children eg. full immunisation for age & appropriate breast feeding
Link to one of the 8 areas of the human development definition.
Explain the WHO priority of promoting healthier populations. Include 3 focus areas in your answer.
5 Platforms that will contribute to people enjoying better H&W:
Improving human capital, preventing non-communicable diseases & promoting mental H&W, eradicating high impact communicable diseases, tackling antimicrobial resistance, addressing health effects of climate change
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
Identify a NGO that DFAT partners with to deliver its aid program and outline a program provided by the NGO
DFAT supports World Vision in its delivery of the 7-11 Strategy for Maternal and Child Health.
The strategy addresses the health and wellbeing and nutrition of women and children. The goal is to reduce U5MR and maternal mortality through delivering core interventions such as birth preparedness for mothers and essential newborn care for children.
Identify 3 core functions (work) of the WHO.
- Provide leadership & create partnerships to promote H&W
- Conduct research and dissemination of valuable H&W knowledge.
- Setting norms and standards and promoting and monitoring their implementation
- Develop policies to assist countries to take action to promote H&W
-Provide technical support & help build sustainable health systems
- Monitoring the health situation and assessing health trends
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
Name 3 features of NGO aid.
Can access hard to reach areas (eg. remote, fragile, conflict)
Often have strong connections to local communities – culturally appropriate
Community development focus – ownership and involvement
Smaller community based focus
Health and wellbeing emphasis eg. water, sanitation, education
Promote human development