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  • A program initiated by WHO in 2004, Design and implement programs,
    One health
    • specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.
    World Health Organization
    • specialized agency of the United Nations leading international efforts to defeat hunger.
    food and agriculture organization
    • The primary objective of WOAH is to control epizootic diseases and prevent their spread.
    World organization for animal health
  • leading global authority on the environment. It unites 193 Member States in an effort to find solutions to climate change,
    The United Nations Environment programme
  • animal diseases or infections shared to humans.
    Zoonotic diseases
  • state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
    Health
    • describes a situation in which people are free to choose to do and be what they value 
    Well-being
    • Holistic integration of physical, mental, and spiritual well-being 
    • Fuels the body, engages the mind, and nurtures the spirit
    wellness
    • wellness risks which are usually expressed as probabilities and chances 
    Health Hazards
    • harmful chemicals in air, water, soil, food, and human-made products
    • (heavy metals) 
    chemical hazards
  • fire, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions
    Natural hazards
    • societal norms and beliefs
    • female genitilia removal in africa, child marriage
    Cultural hazards
    • such as smoking, making poor food choices, drinking too much alcohol, and having unsafe sex.
    Lifestyle choices
    • from more than 1,400 pathogens that can infect humans 
    Biological hazard
    • biological agent that can cause disease in another organism
    Pathogen
  • easier to cure than virus.
    Bacteria
    • diseases or infections that are naturally transmissible from animals to humans (WHO, 2020)
    zoonoses
  • living organisms that can carry diseases 
    vectors
  • single-cell organisms that are found everywhere. Most are harmless or beneficial.
    Bacteria
  • smaller than bacteria and work by invading a cell and taking over its genetic machinery to copy themselves.
    Viruses
  • infectious bacterial or viral disease that can be transmitted from one person
    Transmissible
  • Other term for transmissible
    Communicable
  • Other term for non transmissible
    Chronic diseases
    • caused by an agent/event other than a living organism and does not spread from one person to another. “noncommunicable”
    Non transmissible
    • person’s eyes and skin becomes yellow
    Yellow fever
  • vibrio cholerae, usually seen in tropical countries
    Cholera
    • spreads easily from person to person mainly through droplets produced by coughing or sneezing.
    Pertussis
  • all
    Biosphere
  • area with a distinct climate and vegetation
    biome
    1. different species in one area
    Community
    1. same species in one area
    Population
  • Biodiversity index
    • Used as a measure of the health of biological systems
    1. total population of the organism
    Richness
    1. relative population (by species)
    eveness
    • Different genes and combination of genes in species 
    • Focuses on the number of species in one organism 
    Genetic diversity
    • Provide 
    • Direct products that came from nature 
    • Ex. Water treated, preserved food, medicine, timber
    Provisioning
  • Control
    Regulating
    • Symbolism, non material 
    • Ex. Chocolate hills, banawe rice terraces
    Cultural and aesthetics
    • Fundamental, maintenance, more on processes that can support the ecosystem
    Supporting