Health and human development

Miranda Niklas Health and Human Development Notes Unit 4 2013
GLOBAL HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
AREA OF STUDY 1: INTRODUCING GLOBAL HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
DEFINITIONS OF DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ACCORDING TO THE WHO, INCLUDING HIGH/LOW MORTALITY STRATA
Developed country: A country that has progressed adequately with regard to economic, mortality and demographic indicators
Developing country: A country that has not progressed adequately with regard to economic, demographic and mortality indicators
WHO REGIONS OF THE WORLD:
Africa
Americas
South-East Asia
Europe
Eastern Mediterranean
Western Pacific
Mortality strata: The WHO classifies countries into five mortality strata based on mortality rates of children under 5 and adults
Strata A – very low child mortality and low adult mortality. Australia
Strata B – low child mortality and low adult mortality. China
Strata C – low child mortality and high adult mortality. Russian Federation
Strata D – high child mortality and high adult mortality. Afghanistan
Strata E – high child mortality and very high adult mortality. Uganda
Advantages
Disadvantages
Useful for analysing causes of death and burden of disease
Doesn’t take into account factors other than mortality
Broad grouping: classifies countries into three groups: developed, low-mortality developing, high-mortality developing
Based on mortality patterns, also considers geography and state of economic and demographic development
Developed: Australia
Low-mortality developing: China
High-mortality developing: Uganda
Advantages
Disadvantages
Allows WHO to put countries at similar stages of overall development into the same categories
With over 200 countries and only three categories means there will be substantial variation between countries in each category
Takes into account a range of factors related tom wellbeing of country

DEFINITIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO THE UN, INCLUDING HUMAN