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Unit 4: Health and human development in a global context - AoS 1 Health and wellbeing in a global context

Quick questions on Global trends affecting health and human development for VCE Health and Human Development Unit 4 AoS 1

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What is climate change?
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Climate change is one of the most significant threats to global health. Rising temperatures and changing weather bring:
What are digital technologies?
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The spread of digital technologies, including the internet and mobile phones, has strong implications:
What are weighing the implications?
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Because each trend cuts both ways, strong answers discuss positive and negative implications and note that the impact depends on a country's income and how well the trend is governed. Low-income countries are usually more exposed to the harms and less able to capture the benefits, which is why these trends often widen global inequalities.

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