What is the International Red Cross? | The primary international body responsible for developing leadership in health, setting norms and standards and providing health support among nations around the world. |
What is WHO? | World Health Organization ; special agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health |
What are the targets of the Millenium Development Goal 6? | to halt by 2015 and reverse the spread of aids ; achieve global acces to treatmeant of HIV/AIDS by 2010; cease and start reversal of the incidence of malaria and other major
diseases by 2015 |
diabetes | disease in which your blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels are too high. |
hypertension | another name for high blood pressure |
blood pressure | force that a person's blood exerts against the walls of their blood vessels |
heart disease | range of conditions that affect your heart |
diseases under heart disease | coronary artery disease; heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias); and heart defects you're born
with (congenital heart defects), among others |
acupressure | based on the concept of life energy which flows through meridians |
how does one treat with acupressure? | physical pressure is applied to acupuncture points with the aim of clearing blockages in these meridians |
reflexology | massage that involves applying different amounts of pressure to the feet, hands, and ears |
reflexologists | people who practice reflexology |
country that has the highest death rate among children aged 5 years old and below | africa |
technique of quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in a dancer’s body | popping |
basketball lay-ups | passive warm-up exercise |
how many servings from the bread, rice, cereal and pasta group should you eat each day? | 6-11 |
respiratory disease | leading cause of death among people in developing countries |