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Focus Area 1: Health in an Australian and global context
Quick questions on SDGs and global health: HSC Health and Movement Science Focus Area 1
15short Q&A pairs drawn directly from our worked dot-point answer. For full context and worked exam questions, read the parent dot-point page.
What are the health-relevant SDGs?Show answer
SDG 3 : Good health and well-being. Direct health targets: reduce maternal mortality, end preventable child deaths, end epidemics of HIV/TB/malaria/NTDs, reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases by one-third, strengthen prevention and treatment of substance abuse, halve global road traffic deaths, achieve universal health coverage, reduce deaths from hazardous chemicals and pollution.
What is sDG 3 : Good health and well-being?Show answer
Direct health targets: reduce maternal mortality, end preventable child deaths, end epidemics of HIV/TB/malaria/NTDs, reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases by one-third, strengthen prevention and treatment of substance abuse, halve global road traffic deaths, achieve universal health coverage, reduce deaths from hazardous chemicals and pollution.
What is sDG 1 : No poverty?Show answer
Income is the strongest single determinant of health globally; ending poverty would close most of the global health gap.
What is sDG 2 : Zero hunger?Show answer
Nutrition shapes child development, immune function and chronic disease risk.
What is sDG 4 : Quality education?Show answer
Maternal education is one of the most consistent predictors of child survival.
What is sDG 5 : Gender equality?Show answer
Maternal health, sexual and reproductive health, and freedom from violence are gender-mediated health outcomes.
What is sDG 6 : Clean water and sanitation?Show answer
Major driver of diarrhoeal disease in low-income settings.
What are sDG 10 : Reduced inequalities?Show answer
Within-country health gaps (the focus of Closing the Gap in Australia) are a direct application.
What is sDG 13 : Climate action?Show answer
Climate change is the WHO's single biggest health threat for the 21st century, driving heat-related mortality, vector-borne disease, food insecurity and displacement.
What are sDG 17 : Partnerships for the goals?Show answer
Australia's aid and diplomatic engagement (e.g. through DFAT, the Pacific Step-Up, and contributions to global funds) operationalises this goal.
What is the issue?Show answer
Climate change is reshaping Pacific health: rising sea levels threaten freshwater on low atolls (Kiribati, Tuvalu); warmer ocean temperatures shift fishery distributions, threatening food security; dengue and mosquito-borne disease ranges expand; cyclone intensity rises, with health-system disruption following each event.
What are cross-SDG linkages?Show answer
Tackling Pacific climate-health risk requires action on SDG 13 (climate), SDG 2 (food), SDG 6 (water), SDG 3 (health systems and prevention) and SDG 17 (partnerships). A purely SDG-3 response (more clinics) cannot address upstream drivers.
What is australia's role?Show answer
Australia contributes through bilateral aid, the Australia Pacific Climate Partnership, contributions to the WHO Pacific office, regional support for Non-Communicable Disease programs (Pacific NCD crisis: very high rates of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in Pacific Island Countries), labour mobility schemes (PALM) and climate adaptation infrastructure financing. The 2023 Pacific Engagement Visa and ongoing aid commitments are direct levers.
What is generic Australia-cares language?Show answer
Cite specific Australian instruments (DFAT aid budget, Pacific Step-Up, PALM scheme, Australia Pacific Climate Partnership, NCD aid programs) rather than abstract claims about Australia's role.
What is q1?Show answer
Identify SDG 3 and ONE other SDG directly relevant to global health, and explain the link to health for the second SDG. [3 marks]