Module 11

2. is essential health care based on practical, scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technology made universally accessible to individuals and families
6. recognizable and measured across populations
7. emphasized PHC that is affordable, culturally acceptable, appropriate, accessible, and delivered through partnerships between national health services and local communities
9. . The calculation of health disparities is the goal of a series of studies known as
10. coordinated approach, recognizing that PHEICs are increasingly related to the interconnectedness between humans, the health of animals, and our shared physical environment

1. More recently, a new array of health conditions are affecting world populations. These new problems are anchored in social issues, as reflected in the slogan, where you live determines your health
3. specialized agency under the UN with the objective for “the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health”
4. Throughout most of history, populations died from infectious diseases such as the plague, tuberculosis, puerperal fever, measles, and others. The death rate was high, and life expectancy was not very long. During this era, the birth rate was also high. Families had many children because they knew that most children would die before adulthood and yet as adults aged, they depended on their children for care
5. agency responsible for leading the federal response to an internal public health emergency
8. includes health within the borders of each nation, within population groups with unique cultures and languages, and across international borders and cultures