Module 1 PMG

Any combination of health education and related socio-cultural, political and economic interventions intended to facilitate improvement or protection of health.

the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age, all impacting health status. These circumstances are shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources at global, national and local levels. The social determinants of health are mostly responsible for health inequities - the unfair and avoidable differences in health status seen within and between countries.

New cases in a given time, OR, more precisely, the number of individuals who develop a specific disease or experience a specific health-related event during a particular time period (such as a month or year).

Total existing cases in a population, OR, more precisely, the total number of individuals in a population who have a disease or health condition at a specific period of time, usually expressed as a percentage of the population.

A condition that is prevalent and persistent in a defined population.

An incidence rate of cases of a specific disease or illness clearly in excess of what one would normally expect in a defined population. Epidemics usually refer to contagious diseases, but can also refer to other illnesses, for example: epidemic of suicide, opioid epidemic, obesity epidemic.

Occurrence of disease, illness or condition.

Death! Or, in public health terms, occurrence of fatality in disease, illness, or condition being measured.

Disability Adjusted Life Years. In the words of the WHO: "One DALY can be thought of as one lost year of 'healthy' life.

Low Income Countries.

Low and Middle Income Countries.

High Income Countries.

Millennial Development Goals. Endorsed by governments at the United Nations in September 2000, the eight goals were aimed to substantially improve human well-being globally by 2015. The eight MDGs:

Sustainable Development Goals.

Non-communicable Diseases, sometimes known as chronic diseases.

Neglected Tropical Diseases, most are communicable diseases, that can be treated but due to political and economic disinterest are left to kill the poorest populations in the poorest countries.

Vaccine Alliance

Founded in 2002, the Global Fund as it is usually known

International Committee of the Red Cross (Red Crescent): a nongovernmental organization that provides practical support,such as medical care, food, and letters from home, to civilians caught in war, or to prisoners of war

Médecins Sans Frontières or Doctors Without Borders. INGO dedicated to providing health services in dangerous or impoverished situations

World Health Organization

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