DEVS 393 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Millennium Development Goals, Maternal Death, Millennium Summit

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Global Development Studies
• Course: DEVS 393
• Professor: Colleen Davison

Document Summary

Health: health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition. -- who. Global health: health problems, issues, and concerns that transcend national boundaries and may best be addressed by cooperative actions. Environmental health: those aspects which relate to human health, including quality of life, that are determined by physical, chemical, biological, social and psychosocial factors in the environment. Ecohealth: a view of health that recognizes the health of humans as only one part; the health of all living things and of the planet are recognized as wholly interconnected. One health: recognizes the interconnectedness of human health and the health of other species especially animals with whom we can share disease.