KEY KNOWLEDGE
- Characteristics of developed and developing countries, including high/low mortality strata
- Definitions of sustainability (including elements of appropriateness, affordability, equity) and human development (including the human development index) according to the UN
- Similarities and differences in health status and human development between developing countries and Australia in relation to morbidity, mortality, life expectancy, burden of disease and human development index
- The influence on the health status of developing countries compared to Australia of income, gender equality, peace/political stability, education, access to healthcare, global marketing (of alcohol, tobacco and fast/processed foods) and physical environments
- The eight UN’s Millennium Development Goals, their purpose and reasons why they are important.