Glossary

Structured opportunities to release news simultaneously to all media. (1)

 

(1) Glossary of communication, University of Jyväskylä

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Public health powers are exercised under the theory that they are necessary to prevent

an avoidable harm. Government, in order to justify the use of compulsion, must

therefore act only in the face of a demonstrable health threat. The public health officials

must be able to prove that they had “a good faith belief, for which they can give

supportable reasons, that a coercive approach is necessary”.

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An alteration in the genetic material (the genome) of a cell of a living organism or of a

virus that is more or less permanent and that can be transmitted to the cell’s or the

virus’s descendants.

 

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The reluctance to transmit bad news, shown either by not transmitting the message at

all, or by delegating the task to someone else. (1)

 

(1) Glossary of communication, University of Jyväskylä

 

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Number of deaths occurring in a given population during a specified time period, in a

specific place. In emergencies, usually expressed as deaths per 10000 persons per

day; alternatively, as deaths per 1000 persons per month or per year (1).

 

(1) Checchi and Roberts, Interpreting and using mortality data in humanitarian

emergencies, ODI/HPN paper 52, 2005.

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The number of new diseases case over a given population in a given time and space.

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In its descriptive sense, "morality" refers to personal or cultural values, codes of

conduct or social mores. It does not connote objective claims of right or wrong, but only

refers to that which is considered right or wrong. In its normative sense, "morality"

refers to whatever (if anything) is actually right or wrong, which may be independent of

the values or mores held by any particular peoples or cultures.

 

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Rights and obligations based on the general principles of fairness and justice; they are

often but not always based on religious beliefs. People sometimes feel they have moral

rights even when they do not have legal or human rights in a given situation.

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1. The regular observation, surveillance, or checking of changes in a condition or

situation, or changes in activities.

2. A continuing function that uses systematic collection of data on specified indicators

to provide management and the main stakeholders of an ongoing development

intervention with indications of the extent of progress and achievement of objectives

and progress in the use of allocated funds (OECD).

 

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A verbal or pictorial description or representation of a process. A way of looking at

something. A representation of something else. Models may represent their referents

physically, verbally, and/or visually. (1)

 

(1) Glossary of communication, University of Jyväskylä

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