GS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: World Health Organization, World War I, Microfinance
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Gs101 lecture 25: local water well construction o basic literacy and numeracy, school supplies, immunization and vitamins o mosquito nets and spraying o organic fertilizers, sustainable irrigation, micro-finance, public health, women"s rights and health. 1918-1920 influenza: approximately 50- 100 million people died from the spanish flu, more than all wwi deaths - smallpox, after the discovery of the new world, indigenous people lacked immunity to smallpox. A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. : world health organization (who) The reasonably good functioning in the body or mind, of a normal person within a normal life span : walter glannon. Sickness/illness: bad or impaired functioning in the body or mind, below standards. This is a high bar, a maximalist, idealist, and ambitious concept of health that equates health with perfect health.
