Sts g6 global health

• Group 6
• Reporters: Piansay, Joewelee Ramos, Lance Rebuelta, Pethere Renacido, Mary Roldan, Immac Siosan, Christian
• Table of Contents

  • INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL HEALTH ISSUES
  • INFECTIOUS DISEASES
  • NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
  • MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
  • ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND HEALTH INEQUITIES
  • NUTRITION AND FOOD SECURITY
  • MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
• Public health on a global scale

  The science and practice of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities, and individuals
• Key Components of Global Public Health


  • Disease Prevention and Control
  • Health Promotion
  • Emergency Preparedness
  • Health Systems Strengthening
• Disease Prevention and Control

  Managing infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and COVID-19
• Health Promotion


  Encouraging healthy behaviors through education and policy
• Emergency Preparedness


  Preparing for and responding to health emergencies and disasters
• Health Systems Strengthening

  Improving healthcare infrastructure, workforce, and services
• Importance of Addressing Global Public Health Challenges

  • Prevention of Disease Spread
  • Health Equity
  • Economic Stability
  • Global Security
  • Environmental and Social Determinants
  • Humanitarian Responsibility
  • Innovation and Research
• Effective global public health strategies can prevent outbreaks from becoming pandemics
• Global public health aims to reduce health disparities between different regions and populations
• Health crises can lead to substantial economic losses due to healthcare costs, loss of productivity, and impacts on trade and travel
• Health challenges can destabilize regions, leading to conflict and migration
• There is a moral obligation to address health inequities and ensure that all individuals can lead healthy lives
• Addressing public health challenges involves tackling environmental and social determinants of health
• Global health challenges drive innovation in medical research and technology
• Infectious Disease


  Caused by harmful organisms, such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites, and occasionally prions, that enter the body from external sources
• 5 Types of Infectious Disease

  • Viral Infections
  • Bacterial Infections
  • Fungal Infections
  • Parasitic Infections
  • Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs/prion diseases)
• Viral Infections


  Tiny particles containing genetic material (DNA or RNA) enclosed in a protective protein shell
• Bacterial Infections


  Single-celled organisms with genetic instructions contained within DNA
• Fungal Infections


  Diverse organisms that can live on or inside the human body
• Parasitic Infections


  Organisms that depend on other organisms for survival and reproduction
• TSEs


  Rare diseases caused by prions, abnormal proteins that induce other proteins in the body to become abnormal
• HIV/AIDS


  The virus responsible for causing acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
• HIV attacks and gradually weakens the immune system by targeting and destroying T-cells
• Retrovirus


  A virus that works in the opposite manner compared to human cells
• AIDS represents the advanced and most severe stage of an HIV infection
• Individuals with AIDS experience significantly diminished counts of specific white blood cells and a severely impaired immune response
• HIV is the virus that progressively weakens the immune system, while AIDS is the condition that may develop as a result of HIV infection
• How is HIV/AIDS caused?

  HIV is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, which targets and attacks the helper T-cells of the immune system
• How does HIV spread?

  HIV can be transmitted through contact with infected blood, semen, vaginal fluids, breast milk, and rectal fluids
• People of all genders and sexual orientations can become infected with and transmit HIV
• Pregnant individuals with HIV can pass the virus to their babies during childbirth and through breastfeeding
• Common ways HIV spreads

  • Unprotected sex
  • Sharing needles for drug use
• Even if someone feels healthy, they can still transmit HIV to others
• How does HIV spread?

  The virus can enter the body through the mouth, anus, penis, vagina, or broken skin
• HIV cannot penetrate intact skin unless there is a cut or wound
• HIV is not transmitted through

  • Spit
  • Kissing (unless there are open sores or bleeding gums)
  • Touching or hugging someone with HIV/AIDS
  • Using public bathrooms or swimming pools
  • Sharing cups, utensils, or telephones
  • Insect bites
  • Donating blood
• Symptoms of HIV include flu-like symptoms