8.1 Health, Human Rights and Intervention

• What is the WHO definition of health?

  Complete physical, mental, social well-being
• Match the health indicator with the corresponding region:

  Life Expectancy ↔️ Higher in developed regions

  Infant Mortality ↔️ Higher in developing regions

  Major Diseases ↔️ Infectious in developing regions
• Healthy working and environmental conditions are determinants of health.

  True
• What is the quality of access to healthcare in developed regions?

  Universal and affordable
• The right to health includes access to affordable and timely healthcare.


  True
• The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights legally binds states to recognize the right to health.
• The right to health includes access to timely, acceptable, and affordable healthcare.
• The right to health includes access to safe and potable water
• Limited and unaffordable healthcare access is common in developing regions.
• UNICEF focuses on children's health and well-being, particularly in developing regions.


  True
• Targeted, community-based programs are common in developing regions.


  True
• A one-size-fits-all approach is effective in health interventions across all regions.

  False
• Interventions that work in developed regions are always successful in developing countries.

  False
• The right to health is recognized as a fundamental human right.


  True
• What is the right to health recognized as in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

  A fundamental human right
• What are the underlying determinants of health mentioned in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

  Safe water, sanitation, nutrition
• The World Health Organization (WHO) sets global health standards.
• What is the approach to healthcare in developed countries?

  Comprehensive, integrated systems
• What are the three broad categories of challenges in global health development?

  Socio-economic, political, infrastructural
• Match the challenge with its impact:

  Conflict ↔️ Displacement and infectious diseases

  Lack of access to healthcare ↔️ Preventable deaths

  Climate change ↔️ Spread of vector-borne diseases
• Good health is fundamental to economic productivity
• What international declaration recognizes the right to health?

  Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Match the aspect of health with the corresponding region:

  Access to Sanitation ↔️ Near-universal in developed regions

  Access to Safe Water ↔️ Limited in developing regions

  Malnutrition ↔️ High rates in developing regions
• Malnutrition rates are significantly higher in developing regions.
• What is one of the underlying determinants of health related to water access?

  Safe and potable water
• Match the health-related human right with its status in developed versus developing regions:

  Access to Healthcare ↔️ Universal and affordable ||| Limited and unaffordable

  Access to Sanitation ↔️ Near-universal ||| Inadequate

  Access to Safe Water ↔️ Near-universal ||| Limited

  Nutrition ↔️ Adequate with low malnutrition ||| Inadequate with high malnutrition
• Good health is essential for economic productivity and education outcomes.


  True
• The realization of the right to health is uniform across all regions.

  False
• Developed regions have universal and affordable healthcare access.

  True
• Match the health-related human right with its status in developed and developing regions:

  Access to Healthcare ↔️ Universal and affordable in developed regions, limited and unaffordable in developing regions

  Access to Sanitation ↔️ Near-universal in developed regions, inadequate in developing regions

  Access to Safe Water ↔️ Near-universal in developed regions, limited in developing regions

  Nutrition ↔️ Adequate in developed regions, inadequate in developing regions
• The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights legally binds states to recognize the right to health.
• Health interventions in developing regions often prioritize maternal and child health.
• Match the health intervention focus with the region:

  Chronic disease prevention ↔️ Developed regions

  Infectious disease control ↔️ Developing regions
• Life expectancy is higher in developed regions, typically over 80
• Match the aspect of the right to health with the region:

  Universal healthcare access ↔️ Developed regions

  Inadequate sanitation ↔️ Developing regions
• Access to healthcare is universal and affordable in developed regions.
• Order the following aspects of the right to health from most to least realized in developed regions.

  1️⃣ Access to Healthcare

  2️⃣ Access to Sanitation

  3️⃣ Access to Safe Water

  4️⃣ Nutrition
• Match the international organization with its role:

  WHO ↔️ Sets global health standards

  UNICEF ↔️ Focuses on children's health
• Improved health leads to enhanced social development and a higher quality of life.


  True
• Access to safe and potable water is a key determinant of health