HLTHAGE 4G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hand Washing, Global Health, Sustainable Development Goals
6 Nov 2018
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Principles and goals of global health: definitions and concepts. Examples of public health and medical activities public health: promotion of exercising, hand washing, health education medicine: treatment of heart diseases, treatment of diarrhea . Koplan et al, 2009: an area for study, research, and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving health equity for all people worldwide". Kickbush, 2006: those health issues that transcend national boundaries and governments and call for actions on the global forces that determine the health of people". Beaglehole, 2010: collaborative trans-national research and action for promoting health for all. Skolnik: health problems transcending national boarders and require co-operate effort to solve them, application of principles of public health to health problems that transcend national boarders. Salient aspects: health problems from a global perspective, stresses the commonality of health issues and which require a collective (partnership- based) action.
