global health part 2
Which statement about vision loss is false?
A. Men are disproportionately affected by uncorrected visual impairment.
What is a potential complication of measles?
All of these are correct
Which statement about the treatment and prevention of diabetes is true?
Avoiding being overweight is the single most important way to prevent type II diabetes.
Which measure would you prioritize to control tobacco use in Burkina Faso, assuming that no restrictions currently exist?
B. Implement relatively high taxation of cigarettes
Which NGO is based in a low- and middle-income country?
BRAC
What approach would you recommend that low- and middle-income countries take to prevent and control unintentional injuries?
Carry out pilot projects based on what has worked in high-income countries, adapt to the local context, and expand more broadly with time.
Tiered pricing is:
Charging different prices in different markets for the same product
What are the global top three causes of under-5 mortality?
D. Preterm birth complications, pneumonia, malaria
What is the most common cause of death among refugees?
Diarrhea
Which option best represents the ideal characteristics of drugs for use in low- and middle-income countries?
Easy to transport and store, oral administration, heat stable, single dose
Which measure would have the least impact on decreasing alcohol consumption in a low-income country?
Education and counseling by healthcare providers
In which region would you expect to find the smallest contribution of road traffic injuries to total deaths?
Europe and Central Asia
Where would you expect to find the highest prevalence of tobacco smoking among adults?
Europe and Central Asia
Which statement about pull mechanisms is least likely?
Examples of pull mechanisms are tax credits for research and development or handing over research findings to firms.
What is the theoretical foundation of several injury prevention and control efforts?
Haddon's matrix
What is least likely to cause a negative health impact in a complex humanitarian emergency?
Humanitarian assistance
Which of the following statements is true?
Humanitarian workers have increasingly been the targets of those who are fighting in a conflict area
According to WHO, what is not fundamental to addressing mental health disorders?
Increasing the budget for the national mental hospital
People who flee or are forced to migrate during a disaster and leave their homes but stay in the country in which they were living are called:
Internally displaced persons
Which statement about WHO is false?
It is a major financing agency for global health projects.
Which statement about the Welcome Trust is true?
It is a major funder of health research, and funds research only for the problems of high-income countries.
Which statement about the prevention and control of complex humanitarian emergencies is false?
It is not essential to check the weight-for-height of all under-5 children
Which statement about the Global Fund is false?
It is primarily a technical agency.
Which statement about the burden of cardiovascular disease is true?
It is the leading cause of DALYs among 15-49 year olds in low-income countries.
Which statement about the International Finance Facility for Immunisation is false?
It was launched as a charity by the government of the United States.
Which intervention is the most appropriate, cost-effective measure for caring for stable, low birthweight infants in very resource-limited settings?
Kangaroo mother care
Which region has seen the largest percentage decline in under-5 mortality since 1990?
Latin America and the Caribbean
Which statement about gender differences in the burden of unintentional injuries is false?
Men are more likely to die from all six categories of unintentional injuries than women.
In which region would you expect to find the highest share of deaths due to unintentional injuries?
Middle East and North Africa
Which region has the lowest rates of high-risk drinking?
Middle East and North Africa
Which statement about NTDs is false?
NTD control is not a best buy in global health, causing additional challenges.
As a country becomes healthier, what is most likely to happen regarding childhood mortality?
Neonatal deaths account for a larger share of under-5 mortality
Which statement regarding the burden of natural disasters is false?
Ninety percent of deaths from volcanoes occur from the lava flow of volcanoes.
What is the most cost-effective intervention in low-resource settings to treat diarrhea and prevent its complications and mortality?
Oral rehydration therapy
What causes the most neonatal deaths globally?
Preterm birth complications
What is not among the three leading causes of under-5 mortality in sub-Saharan Africa?
Preterm birth complications
What is a special challenge of expanding coverage of the HPV vaccine, compared to the six basic antigens of the EPI program?
Providing to adolescents, who are not normally the target group for childhood immunization
Which statement best applies to push mechanisms?
Reduce risk and encourage product development through lowering the costs of product development, with a focus on research and development
Most important to deaths from unintentional injuries are:
Road traffic injuries
UNITAID is largely financed by:
Tax on the purchase of airplane tickets in donor countries
The largest charitable foundation in the world is:
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Which statement about unintentional injuries is true?
The leading cause of DALYs lost from unintentional injuries is road traffic accidents.
What is not a barrier to entry to vaccine manufacturing?
The number of firms engaged in vaccine production worldwide is already large.
Which statement about the burden of childhood illness in the under-5 age group is true?
The rate of under-5 mortality in sub-Saharan Africa is about 25 times that in high-income countries.
Push mechanisms for enhancing new product development include all the following, except:
Transferable patents
Which United Nations agency is primarily involved in the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS?
UNAIDS
All of the following are multilateral development agencies, except the:
United States Agency for International Development
Where would you expect to have diabetes contributing to the most DALYs in 2030, according to WHO projections?
Upper-middle-income countries
Which statement about burns is true?
Urban dwellers suffer higher rates of burns than rural dwellers.
Which statement about mental disorders is true?
Women suffer from depression more than men.
The cause of mortality during a natural disaster is likely to be:
all
What is a current constraint for applying science and technology to global health problems?
all
What would you do to address mental health issues in a complex humanitarian emergency?
all
What would you do to ensure a safe and healthy environment for displaced people?
all
Which of the following might be a lesson of experience from product development partnerships (PDPs), such as Aeras and the Human Hookworm Vaccine Initiative?
all
Which of the following represents public-private partnerships for public health?
all
Which risk factor for road traffic injuries is predominantly found in low- and middle-income countries, as opposed to high-income countries?
all
What is not a consequence or complication of vitamin A deficiency?
asphyxia
An indicator commonly used to assess the health impact of a complex humanitarian emergency is:
crude mortality rate
The Haddon matrix models the interaction of all the following, except the:
victim
