Global Health (GH) is the health of populations in a global context that go beyond the perspectives and concerns of individual nations. Health problems that surpass national borders and/or have a global political and economic impact. The GH priority is improve health and achieve equity for all people of the world. It's a worldwide improvement of health, reduction of disparities, and protection against global threats that ignore national borders.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is the major international agency for health. Nowadays, many others agencies with global health activities impact include UNICEF, World Food Programme (WFP), Word Bank, Red Cross, Gates Foundation...
The major action for improved global health is the United Nations Millennium Declaration and the globally endorsed Millennium Development Goals.
The major action for improved global health is the United Nations Millennium Declaration and the globally endorsed Millennium Development Goals.
It is a very straight-to-the-point definition of GH. Initiatives like that will increase GH awareness and ultimately save lives..
ReplyDeleteEduardo, I've been thinking a lot about action, what or how to do something. After years of doubts, confusion, concerns and search... Finally I've concluded that during all over, I've already was doing something. See bellow.
ReplyDeleteAction: "the fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim". In terms of GH; think, read, write, talk, discuss... Action!