Global Health Concerns

This lesson explores global health concerns and their impact on populations around the world, encouraging students to consider why these issues matter. Students investigate topics such as the climate crisis, health equity, infectious diseases, and unsafe products, and analyse how geography and access to resources affect health outcomes. Through research, discussion, and evaluation tasks, students assess how governments and organisations respond to global health challenges and consider how these responses could be improved.

Learning Intention: To evaluate how countries and organisations respond to global health concerns.

Success Criteria:

• Explain how global health issues affect populations and regions.
• Compare the impact of different global health concerns.
• Assess the effectiveness of responses by governments and organisations.
• Suggest improvements to global health strategies.

Activities Included

• Starter discussion exploring what global health concerns are and why they matter.
• Video-based task examining health equity and global access to healthcare
• Group research activity investigating key issues such as climate change, infectious diseases, and health access
• Table completion task comparing different global health concerns
• Inquiry task analysing the role of organisations such as the World Health Organization (WHO)
• Evaluation and discussion task suggesting solutions to global health challenges

Format: PowerPoint lesson resource

Ideal For:
KS3 / Middle School Geography, PSHE, MSC or Global Studies
Lessons exploring global issues, health, and development
Topics on inequality, sustainability, and international cooperation
Inquiry-based learning developing research, evaluation, and critical thinking skills