Health Trends, Issues, and

Concerns (Global Level)

Global Health Issues, Concerns,
and Trends
Tuberculosis
•Tuberculosis, commonly known as TB
(tubercle bacillus), is a bacterial
infection that can spread through the
lymph nodes and bloodstream to any
organ in your body. It is most often
found in the lungs.
Drug Use and Abuse
•Drug Abuse/Addiction is a patterned
use of a drug in which the user
consumes the drug substance in
amounts or with methods which are
harmful to themselves or others.
HIV/AIDS
• Human immunodeficiency virus infection and
acquired immune deficiency syndrome
(HIV/AIDS) HIV is transmitted primarily via
unprotected sexual intercourse (including anal
and oral sex), contaminated blood transfusions,
hypodermic needles, and from mother to child
during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding.
Non-communicable disease
• A non-communicable disease, or NCD, is a
medical condition or disease that can be defined
as non-infectious and non-transmissible among
people. NCDs can refer to chronic diseases (heart
diseases, stroke, cancers, asthma, diabetes,
kidney diseases, osteoporosis, others) which last
for long periods of time and progress slowly.
 Communicable diseases
• Communicable diseases, also known as infectious
diseases or transmissible diseases, are illnesses
that result from the infection, presence and
growth of pathogenic (capable of causing disease)
biologic agents in an individual human or other
animal host. Examples are: Ebola virus disease;
flu, measles; tuberculosis; sexually transmitted
diseases (STDs); HIV/AIDS; among others.
Mental Health and Mental Disorder

• Mental health is a level of psychological

well-being and the absence of a mental
disorder (autism, alcohol dependence,
extreme anxiety, phobias, bipolar disorder,
caffeine dependence, dyslexia, depression,
kleptomania, obsessive-compulsive
disorder, among others).
 Immunization and Vaccines
• Immunization, or vaccination is the safe and effective use of a
small amount of a weakened or killed virus or bacteria or bits
of lab-made protein that imitate the virus in order to prevent
infection by that same virus or bacteria. When you get an
immunization, you're injected with a weakened form of (or a
fragment of) a disease. This triggers your body's immune
response, causing it to either produce antibodies to that
particular ailment or induce other processes that enhance
immunity.
• Prevention is better than cure.
Alcohol and Tobacco Abuse/Addiction
•the excessive consumption of
alcohol and tobacco
•causes non-communicable and
communicable diseases
Malaria and other vector-borne
• Malaria (mosquito-borne infectious disease) causes symptoms
that typically include fever, fatigue, vomiting and headaches. In
severe cases it can cause yellow skin, seizures, coma or death.
• Vectors are living organisms that can transmit infectious
diseases between humans or from animals to humans.

Vector-borne diseases account for more than 17% of all

infectious diseases, causing more than 1 million deaths
annually.