Global warming, cross border pollution, financial crises, emerging diseases,
sexual slavery - ANSWER negative aspects of globalization
World Health Organization - ANSWER intergovernmental agency to lead and
coordinate worldwide health activities; associated with the UN
World Bank - ANSWER provides low-interest loans to developing nations to
fund environmental health projects, like safe water, adequate housing,
agriculture, and sanitation
Pan American Health Organization - ANSWER quasi-independent branch of
WHO that works to strengthen international and local health systems to
improve health of 25 countries in Western Hemisphere; environmental
management, research/scholarship, monitors disease
United Nations Children's Fund - ANSWER concentrates its efforts in
maternal and child health; focuses on communicable disease, primary
prevention, fresh water, safe food, health education for mothers/girls,
immunization
Agency for International Development - ANSWER Arm of U.S. State
Department that works to advance U.S. national security and economic
prosperity; provides expertise and funding to countries needing economic
development
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ANSWER provide expertise in
,controlling and preventing disease; available for consultation during
emergencies where experts may be dispatched to country in need; can
provide health equipment and resources to develop a comprehensive plan
for disease control/elimination
nongovernmental organizations - ANSWER nonprofit international
organizations devoted to investigating human rights abuses and providing
humanitarian relief
Doctors Without Borders - ANSWER non-governmental volunteer
organization that helps people in war-torn regions and aids developing
countries facing endemic disease
The Carter Center - ANSWER established by President Jimmy Carter; service
organization committed to promoting human rights and improving health
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - ANSWER has the same annual budget
for global health as the WHO; works to reduce disease burden in developing
countries, px/tx of HIV, vaccine research, improvement of maternal/infant
health, agriculture development, etc.
urbanization, stress on global environment, increased demand for family
planning, pregnancy/childbirth complications, lack of prenatal care,
HIV/AIDS - ANSWER major world population challenges
ungraded event (WHO) - ANSWER an event that is being assessed, tracked,
or monitored by WHO but that requires no response at the time
grade one (WHO) - ANSWER a single or multiple country event with minimal
public health consequences that requires a minimal WCO response or a
minimal international WHO response
, grade two (WHO) - ANSWER a single or multiple country event with
moderate public health consequences that requires a moderate WCO
response and/or a moderate international WHO response
grade three (WHO) - ANSWER a single or multiple country event with
substantial public health consequences that requires a substantial WHO
response
personal wealth - ANSWER accumulations of assets by an individual such as
money and possessions
increased productivity, increased education, decreased child mortality, better
access to natural resources, increased life expectancy - ANSWER things that
come with increased personal wealth
natural resources, physical capital, education capital, carbon damage, health
capital - ANSWER examples of things included in comprehensive wealth
WHO Sustainable Development Goals - ANSWER call for action by all
countries to promote prosperity while protecting the planet
Global Treaty on Tobacco Control (2003) - ANSWER endorses a global ban on
tobacco ads and promotion to those under 18 years old, prohibits tax- and
duty-free sales, ends subsidies for tobacco production, limits exposure to
second hand smoke
microfinancing - ANSWER lending small sums of money to the poor so they
can work their way out of poverty
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