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Health status is an individuals or a populations overall heath Life expectancy is the amount of years a person can live if the death rates do not change HALE is a measure of burden of disease based on life expectancy at birth, but including adjustments of time spent in poor health Mortality is the number of deaths in a population Morbidity refers to ill health in an individual, population or group. It measures to how many people are suffering from a particular condition in a given period of time U5MR is the number or rate of infant’s deaths from birth between to their fifth birthday (1000 per live births) Burden of disease measure the impact of disease or injuries but it specially measure the gap between the current health situation and an ideal situation where everyone lives up to an old age free of disability and diseases DALY is a measure of burden of disease. One DALY equals one year of life lost due to premature death and a life lost due to disability Incidence is the number or proportion of new cases of a particular disease or condition at a given period of time Prevalence is the number or proportion of cases of a particular condition or disease that are present in the population at a given period of time Maternal mortality is a rate which measures the number of mothers deaths of 42 days of pregnancy after giving birth or termination. Infant mortality is the number of deaths of the infant from birth to their first birthday WHO prerequisites PESFRIESS Peace- absence of conflict Education- refers to an individual having knowledge and opportunities to learn Shelter-a structure that protects people from the outside environment Food- the state in which all individuals have access to culturally appropriate safe food through non- emergency sources Sustainable resources- meeting the needs of the present without compromising our future generations further needs Income- refers to how an individual has access to a stable monetary gain that is above poverty line Equity- refers to fairness and impartiality Stable- ecosystem- consists of living and non- living components of a particular area Social justice- equal rights for all regardless of ethnicity, race and gender...