HM331 Week 1 V2

Goals aimed at combating poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women.

Countries with "a low standard of living, generally indicated by severe poverty, low income and education levels, high birth rate, and poorly developed social, economic, and technological infrastructure

A broad category of illness that is typically defined in either the mode of transmission and/or the nature in which the disease progresses.

Situation in which individuals are required to leave their homes and/or homelands for any number of reasons.

That which is "natural to, prevalent within, and confined to a particular area. Malaria is a good example of an endemic disease since it is found only in the tropics.

The relatively rapid spread of a disease to large numbers of a population or to areas where it is not normally prevalent."

The spread of disease throughout a country, continent or the world."

Measures burden of disease using the disability-adjusted-life-year (DALY). This time-based measure combines years of life lost due to premature mortality and years of life lost due to time lived in states of less than full health.

Relates to those who are involved in global health initiatives, such as advocates, implementers and stakeholders, and who are advancing the agenda for global health priorities around the world.

A world safe and secure from infectious disease threats.

The absence of avoidable or remediable differences among groups of people, whether those groups are defined socially, economically, demographically or geographically.

Measures that reflect or indicate the state of health of persons in a defined population

Illness — or the incidence of disease or being unhealthy.

Death — with the mortality rate reflective of the number of deaths due to a specific disease within a specified population

Nonprofit group largely funded by private contributions that operates outside of institutionalized government or political structures

Strategies to reduce the risk of developing chronic diseases and other morbidities

Having care coordinated by primary health care providers, such as physicians and nurse practitioners.

Conditions in the places where people live, learn, work, and play [that] affect a wide range of health risks and outcomes.