INTLSTD 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Mexico City Policy, World Health Organization, Gag Rule
22 Mar 2017
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Executive order banning us foreign aid from any international ngos that provide or discuss abortion as a family planning option. Applies to all global health funding, not just family planning funding. Integration of national economies (removal of barriers to international trade and finance) liberalization or openness. Means cannot view national health, interventions and policies in isolation from: General effect on health from changes in national economic growth link between "health and wealth" Global health: the study and practice of health issues that transcend international borders. International health: they study of health issues that affect people living in the "developing" world. Infectious disease: caused by pathogenic microorganisms, such as. Infectious disease: caused by pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, or fungi. Chronic disease: disease that persists over a long period of time. World health organization: specialized agency of the un concerned with international public health.
