GLOBAL HEALTH TRENDS, ISSUES AND CONCERNS

• World Health Organization

  Serve as the lead agency tasked to direct and coordinate with all member nations regarding leadership, supervision, technical support and education on matters about health, which affects many countries— including the Philippines
• 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.
• MDG means Millenial Development Goals, which was a set of 8 goals to be achieved from 2000 to 2015
• MDG 1 ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER
• MDG 2 ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
• MDG 3 PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN
• MDG 4 REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY RATE
• MDG 5 IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH
• MDG 6 COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES
• MDG 7 ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
• MDG 8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT