7THINGS YOU’LL LEARN IN THE MASTER OF GLOBAL HEALTH
HOW WHETHER YOU GO TO
THAT CHRONIC ILLNESSES, LIKE CANCER AND HEART DISEASE, ARE NO LONGER JUST THE
SCHOOL,
CONCERN OF HIGH-INCOME COUNTRIES
COULD HAVE JUST AS MUCH
IMPACT ON
YOUR HEALTH AS WHETHER YOU GO TO THE
DOCTOR
GROUP III: Injuries
30
GROUP II: Other deaths from chronic non-communicable diseases
0.4 NUMBER OF DEATHS (MILLIONS)
DISTRIBUTION (%)
0.3 0.25 0.2
6.8m
GROUP I: Communicable diseases, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions
20
0.35
2.3m
GROUP II: Premature deaths from non-communicble diseases (below the age of 60 years), which are preventable
25
2.3m
3.7m
10.2m
15
13.6m 10
0.15
5.9m 5
0.1
3.0m
0.05 0
HIGH-INCOME COUNTRIES
0 NO EDUCATION
PRIMARY EDUCATION
LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION
UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION
POST SECONDARY EDUCATION
1.1m
0.9m
UPPER-MIDDLE INCOME-COUNTRIES
3.3m 3.0m
LOWER-MIDDLE INCOME-COUNTRIES
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
Source: Geneau et al Lancet 2010;376:1689-98
Source: Karlsen et al. BMC Public Health 2011 11:606
THAT A GLOBAL ECONOMY MEANS THAT GLOBAL COOPERATION IS NEEDED TO FUND ESSENTIAL R&D:
10%
OF GLOBAL INVESTMENT IN HEALTH R&D IS FOCUSED ON THE 90% OF THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE
THAT RIGOROUS RESEARCH, WHETHER QUANTITATIVE OR QUALITATIVE, IS A CORNERSTONE OF
GLOBAL HEALTH
90%
OF GLOBAL INVESTMENT IN HEALTH R&D IS FOCUSED ON THE 10% OF THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE
THAT
ESSENTIAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS ARE NOT JUST FOR BUSINESS
STUDENTS -- THEY ARE NEEDED TO REACH OUR GLOBAL HEALTH
GOALS
THAT
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES,
LIKE MALARIA, TUBERCULOSIS AND HIV/AIDS,
LEADERSHIP
ORGANISATION
TEAM-BUILDING
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
STRATEGIC PLANNING
ARE NOT JUST A PROBLEM OF THE SOUTH
THAT EFFECTIVE HEALTH POLICIES AND STRATEGIES ALSO NEED A
STRONG POLITICAL WILL AND LEADERSHIP ADVOCACY + NETWORKING KEY ACTORS AND STAKEHOLDERS
MOBILISATION AND FUNDS WITH THE RIGHT TOOLS AND KNOWLEDGE, YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORLD-WIDE EFFORT TO SOLVE OUR MOST DIFFICULT GLOBAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. JOIN US AT THE ISGLOBAL-UB MASTER OF GLOBAL HEALTH!