MHA 708 CH 4 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
World Health Assembly
-Delegations from WHO's 193 member countries
-Decision-making and policymaking body
Executive Board
-Facilitates the work of the World Health Assembly and advises on technical issues
related to health (UN)
Secretariat
-Main policy implementation body of WHO
WHO's Six Core Functions
1. Act as a leader and partner on health issues worldwide (UN)
2. Set research priorities and encourage the sharing of health-related knowledge
3. Establish standards of practice and support and monitor their adoption (Help in
individual countries)
4. Advance policy options founded on ethical and evidence-based principles
5. Lend technical support to health initiatives and contribute to capacity building (also
provide emergency aid)
6. Monitor health issues around the world and identify patterns and trends
WHO's Policymaking Process
, Proposals for new resolutions or motions submitted
Preliminary impact analysis by WHO's director-general
Appropriate committee examines the proposal and related report at plenary meetings
Vote in the World Health Assembly
Policy implementation by the Secretariat
WHO's Health Programs
•Currently operates more than 150 programs and projects
•Chronic disease monitoring
•Infectious disease prevention and eradication
•Coordinating responses to public health emergencies
•Campaign to Eradicate Smallpox
•Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI)
•WHO Global Task Force on Cholera Control
•Current programs focused on HIV control and limiting hepatitis (A, B and C) and
monitoring Avian Influenza ("Bird flu")
•Criticisms - bureaucratic, biased, slow to act, lacks
transparency
WHO's Involvement in Health Policy
•WHO is the global leader in formulating health policy
•Writes and distributes regular policy reports on major diseases (whether you want it or
not!)
•Issues policy statements in response to disease outbreaks and natural disasters
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
World Health Assembly
-Delegations from WHO's 193 member countries
-Decision-making and policymaking body
Executive Board
-Facilitates the work of the World Health Assembly and advises on technical issues
related to health (UN)
Secretariat
-Main policy implementation body of WHO
WHO's Six Core Functions
1. Act as a leader and partner on health issues worldwide (UN)
2. Set research priorities and encourage the sharing of health-related knowledge
3. Establish standards of practice and support and monitor their adoption (Help in
individual countries)
4. Advance policy options founded on ethical and evidence-based principles
5. Lend technical support to health initiatives and contribute to capacity building (also
provide emergency aid)
6. Monitor health issues around the world and identify patterns and trends
WHO's Policymaking Process
, Proposals for new resolutions or motions submitted
Preliminary impact analysis by WHO's director-general
Appropriate committee examines the proposal and related report at plenary meetings
Vote in the World Health Assembly
Policy implementation by the Secretariat
WHO's Health Programs
•Currently operates more than 150 programs and projects
•Chronic disease monitoring
•Infectious disease prevention and eradication
•Coordinating responses to public health emergencies
•Campaign to Eradicate Smallpox
•Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI)
•WHO Global Task Force on Cholera Control
•Current programs focused on HIV control and limiting hepatitis (A, B and C) and
monitoring Avian Influenza ("Bird flu")
•Criticisms - bureaucratic, biased, slow to act, lacks
transparency
WHO's Involvement in Health Policy
•WHO is the global leader in formulating health policy
•Writes and distributes regular policy reports on major diseases (whether you want it or
not!)
•Issues policy statements in response to disease outbreaks and natural disasters
