Global Health

What this page covers

This unit brings together material on health across countries. Many resources follow the Millennium Development Goals, with separate mind maps on child mortality, maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS and malaria, environmental sustainability and global partnership. Others look at the WHO, international agencies and NGOs, aid, globalisation and migration, and the differences between high and low income countries.

Where to start

Begin with the mind map called Global Health. It sets out developed and developing countries and the influences on health, such as colonialism, trade and debt. Then open the primary health care mind map for a concrete example of how communities can prevent and treat illness.

A sensible order

1. Read the overview maps to get the vocabulary.
2. Move to the goal-by-goal maps, from Goal 4 on child mortality through to Goal 8 on global partnership.
3. Use the flashcard decks on aid types, the sustainable development goals and the WHO to fix the key terms.
4. Finish with the notes on topics such as chronic diseases in the Global South and global mental health.

Using quizzes and maps together

Study a map first, then take a quiz such as Health challenges without looking at it. Note the questions you missed and go back to the matching branch of the map. The flashcard deck The Millennium Development Goals (HHD) works well as a final check, and one resource on the page mentions VCE Health and Human Development.

Where it sits

This unit belongs to the strand Health Systems, Policy and Global Health, within the subject Public health and epidemiology. Quizzes are a small part of the page, so the maps and decks carry most of the learning.

Pick one mind map today, then try a quiz and see what you remember.