POL 536 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Global Health, Health Equity, International Health
6 Apr 2018
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Dr. paul farmer: anthropologist and physician, cofounded international social justice and health organization, partners in health (pih, known for extensive humanitarian work, with particular focus on fighting tuberculosis in haiti. Vocab: center for disease control and prevention (cdc): a federal agency under the u. s. department of. Programme, global health council, etc: global health equity: impartiality in treatment, plus equality of opportunity for everyone to access healthcare, health education, and prevention services. Health is a resource for everyday life, not the object of living. Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over the determinants of health and thereby improve their health. Immunization: the process by which a person or animal becomes protected against a disease. This term is often used interchangeably with vaccination or inoculation. Incubation time: the period of time between exposure to an infectious agent and the appearance of symptoms of the infection or disease it causes.
