The document discusses global health initiatives spearheaded by the World Health Organization to address various global health issues and concerns. Some key initiatives discussed include programs to combat communicable diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS. It also discusses global strategies to reduce tobacco and alcohol use and initiatives to address non-communicable diseases and mental health issues. The document then discusses how these global health initiatives can be adapted to local and national contexts, using the Philippines-WHO Country Cooperation Strategy 2017-2022 as an example of aligning global goals with the Philippine Health Agenda.
The document discusses global health initiatives spearheaded by the World Health Organization to address various global health issues and concerns. Some key initiatives discussed include programs to combat communicable diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS. It also discusses global strategies to reduce tobacco and alcohol use and initiatives to address non-communicable diseases and mental health issues. The document then discusses how these global health initiatives can be adapted to local and national contexts, using the Philippines-WHO Country Cooperation Strategy 2017-2022 as an example of aligning global goals with the Philippine Health Agenda.
The document discusses global health initiatives spearheaded by the World Health Organization to address various global health issues and concerns. Some key initiatives discussed include programs to combat communicable diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS. It also discusses global strategies to reduce tobacco and alcohol use and initiatives to address non-communicable diseases and mental health issues. The document then discusses how these global health initiatives can be adapted to local and national contexts, using the Philippines-WHO Country Cooperation Strategy 2017-2022 as an example of aligning global goals with the Philippine Health Agenda.
The document discusses global health initiatives spearheaded by the World Health Organization to address various global health issues and concerns. Some key initiatives discussed include programs to combat communicable diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS. It also discusses global strategies to reduce tobacco and alcohol use and initiatives to address non-communicable diseases and mental health issues. The document then discusses how these global health initiatives can be adapted to local and national contexts, using the Philippines-WHO Country Cooperation Strategy 2017-2022 as an example of aligning global goals with the Philippine Health Agenda.
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QUARTER 3
Health Trends, Issues, and
Concerns (Global Level) Global Health and the Millennium Development Goals The term “global health” rose in popularity along with the rise of globalization. Both terms improved public awareness of vulnerabilities and shared responsibilities among people for the different injustices in the world.
According to Ilona Kickbush (2006), director of the Global Health Program at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland states that global health pertains to various health issues, concerns, and trends which go beyond national boundaries and call for global initiatives for the protection and promotion of peoples’ health across the world.
Koplan and Associates (2009) states that global health is an area for study, research and practice that prioritizes health improvement and achieving impartiality in healthcare and wellness worldwide.
Beagle hole and Bonita (2010) gave a short but meaningful definition of global health: cooperative research and action of international communities to promote health for all.
Millennium Development Goals
The United Nations Millennium Development Goals are eight targets that all 191 UN Member States have agreed to achieve by 2015.
The United Nations Millennium Declaration, signed in September 2000 commits world leaders to fight discrimination against women and children, disease, hunger, poverty, illiteracy, and environmental degradation. All of these goals cannot be attained without addressing each and everyone. All of them influence, affect and depend on better global health programs and policies.
1. Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
2. Achieve Universal Primary Education 3. Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women 4. Reduce Child Mortality 5. Improve Maternal Health 6. Combat HIV / AIDS, Malaria and other Diseases 7. Ensure Environmental Sustainability 8. Global Partnership for Development Global Health Initiatives One of the benefits of globalization to the world is the development and improvement of various health initiatives initiated by different nations and governments to address health issues and concerns. Global health initiatives are programs set in motion by the United Nations through the World Health Organization and in partnership with the World Bank which targets specific health problems including but not limited to emerging and re- emerging diseases, climate change, environmental sanitation, mental health, tobacco regulation, and alcohol use.
Some of the global health initiatives spearheaded by the World Health
Organization include the following:
The Global Fight Against Communicable Diseases
1. Roll Back Malaria . 2. Stop TB. 3. Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization 4. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria. Global Prevention and Control of Tobacco and Alcohol Use The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is the prime international treaty negotiated under WHO. The WHO FCTC came into existence in reaction to the global epidemic of tobacco use and abuse. It reaffirms the right of every individual across the world to the highest standard of health promoting public health and providing new legal means for global health cooperation.
Global Strategy to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol.
The Global Strategy to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol recognizes the close ties between the harmful use of alcohol and the socio-economic development of a nation. Likewise, this strategy builds and supports other global health initiatives like the global strategy for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.
Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases.
The Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases is a global action plan to prevent and control the following noncommunicable diseases: cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, cancers, and diabetes and the four shared risk factors: unhealthy eating, physical inactivity, tobacco use and alcohol use. Global Initiative for Mental Health
The “Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020” is the result of extensive research and consultations by stakeholders, member- nations, academic and non- government centers across the globe. The mental health action plan should be impartial, life-based, and preventive in nature.
Adopting Global Health
Initiatives to Local and National Context In the previous activity, you have gained information about millennium development goal and global health initiatives
Global health initiatives are programs and projects which help address global health issues, concerns, and trends. Global health is a new trend in which the World Health Organization addresses health concerns in cooperation with member-nations and private international organizations as partners. Some of these health issues, concerns, and trends are about mental health, pollution, climate change, environmental sanitation, tobacco control, harmful use of alcohol, and prevention and control of communicable and non- communicable diseases.
This time our focus in the discussion is all about PHILIPPINES-WHO Country Cooperation Strategy 2017-2022 (The Philippine Health Agenda Framework). The Department of Health of the Philippines and the World Health Organization (WHO) are pleased to present The Philippines–WHO Country Cooperation Strategy 2017–2022. The strategy spells out the country's shared vision for health: All for health towards health for all. This is the vision of the Philippine Health Agenda 2016–2022, with which this strategy is closely aligned.
In the international arena, the Philippines has been an active Member State of WHO, and is the home of the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific. The country has played a critical role in shaping development agendas, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the spirit of the SDGs, this country cooperation strategy focuses on leaving no one behind and enhancing collaboration for health to move the Philippines closer to universal health coverage. The work of WHO and the Department of Health will focus on five strategic priorities: saving lives, promoting well-being, protecting health, optimizing the health architecture and using platforms for health.
What is the Philippines–WHO Country Cooperation Strategy 2017–2022?
The Philippines–WHO Country Cooperation Strategy 2017–2022sets out how the World Health Organization (WHO) will work with the Philippines over the next six years to realize the vision of the Philippine Health Agenda 2016–2022 as a stepping stone towards the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
For WHO, this strategy paves the way for a new level of collaboration with the Philippines – as a focused, transparent and committed partner that supports the country in making health a priority across programmers’ and sectors. Government departments and United Nations agencies, multilateral and bilateral partners and civil society groups have contributed to the development of this strategy. We deeply appreciate the inputs and insights of all participants in the consultation process. As long-time partners, we look forward to continuing to work together in the coming years to implement this strategy. Together, we will work to improve the health of the more than 100 million Filipinos and contribute to better health across the Western Pacific Region.
1. Introduction – a call for change
In May 2016, the Philippines elected a new president in a landslide victory that has been seen as an anti-establishment choice. People wanted change and the new administration plans to deliver, promising to be more people-focused and pro-poor. The first few months of the presidency have shown a strong commitment to the promises made during the campaign, and there is optimism that the poor and disadvantaged can look forward to beneficial changes. The new Government’s vision for the Philippines has been swiftly translated by the Department of Health into the Philippine Health Agenda 2016–2022.
The Philippines–WHO Country Cooperation Strategy 2017–2022 describes how the World Health Organization (WHO) will support the implementation of the Philippine Health Agenda 2016–2022 over the next six years. This country cooperation strategy (CCS) proposes a strategic approach to realize the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the unique context of the Philippines, as embodied in the Philippine Health Agenda 2016–2022 and the National Objectives for Health 2016–2022 (in development at the time of writing).
The CCS strategic priorities were identified in a series of discussions with the Department of Health and other stakeholders and are based on a critical analysis of country needs and WHO’s comparative advantage in addressing these needs. The strategic priorities focus on areas in which WHO is best positioned to make an impact and that move the Philippines towards the realization of its vision of All for Health towards Health for All.
WHO’s unique strength lies in the combined expertise of its 194 Member States. WHO’s comparative strength is its global platform; reputation as an impartial convener of a range of partners; stewardship of global standards, frameworks and conventions; role as a trusted and authoritative source of health information; and technical and policy expertise.
What is the Filipino vision for health?
The global vision of the world 15 years from now aligns with the Philippines’ 25-year vision AmBisyon Natin 2040. This vision guides the development and implementation of four subsequent Philippine development plans until 2040. It is based on public consultations across the country, primarily with poor and marginalized groups. There is an ongoing process of integrating SDGs into AmBisyon Natin 2040 and into national, sectoral and subnational plans and frameworks.
