HHD- the work of WHO
HOW DOES THE WHO AIM TO ADDRESS HEALTH EMERGENCIES?
- By building and sustaining resilient national, regional and global capacities required to keep the world safe from epidemics and other health emergencies - By ensuring that populations affected by acute and protracted emergencies have rapid access to essential life-saving health services including health promotion and disease prevention.
WHAT IS WHO'S MISSION?
- promote health - keep the world healthy - serve the vulnerable
WHAT ARE THE 3 PRIORITIES OF THE WHO?
1- achieving universal health coverage (1 billion more people benefiting from universal health coverage) 2- addressing health emergencies (1 billion more people better protected from health emergencies) 3- promoting healthier populations (1 billion more people enjoying better health and wellbeing)
WHAT ARE THE FIRST 3 FUNCTIONS/WORK OF WHO?
1- provide leadership and create partnerships to promote health and wellbeing 2- conduct research and provide health and wellbeing information 3- set norms and standard, and promote and monitor their implementation
WHAT ARE THE LAST 3 FUNCTIONS/WORK OF THE WHO?
4- develop policies to help countries take action to promote health and wellbeing 5- provide technical support and help build sustainable health systems 6- monitor health and wellbeing and assess health and wellbeing trends
USING 2 EXAMPLES; OUTLINE A LINK BETWEEN THE FUNCTION/WORK OF WHO, AND A PRIORITY OF WHO
Addressing health emergencies - WHO sets norms and standards such as 'The International Health Regulations' which can be used by the WHO to provide advice and measures that all countries should take to reduce the spread of tuberculosis and better control the worldwide spread of the disease. Universal health coverage - WHO will provide leadership and create partnerships to help ensure all people have access to the health services they need to prevent and treat tuberculosis. This may include diagnosis and information.
HOW DOES THE WHO AIM TO PROMOTE HEALTHIER POPUALTIONS?
By: - Improving human capital across the life course - Accelerating action on preventing noncommunicable diseases and promoting mental health - Accelerating elimination and eradication of high impact communicable diseases - Tackling antimicrobial resistance - Addressing health effects of climate change in small island developing states and other vulnerable states.
WHO ARE THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION?
The WHO are a brand of the UN concerned primarily with promoting global health. WHO provides leadership in engaging and supporting countries to respond to a range of global health issues and improve the health of their citizens they are a part of the UN
HOW DOES THE WHO AIM TO ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE?
by addressing: - Service access and quality - Health workforce - Access to medicines, vaccines and health products - Governance and finance - Health information systems - Advocacy - Country support.
USING AN EXAMPLE, EXPLAIN HOW THE 3 PRIORITIES OF WHO ARE INTERCONNECTED
strenghtening health systems (1) also makes countries more resilient and better able to detect and control outbreaks before they spread (2). improved public health functions contributes to a healthier population by reducing BOD associated with factors such as communicable diseases (3)
