New disease dillemas

Question 1

Covid Classification

Answer 1

Infectious Contagious

Question 2

How long until covid was considered a pandemic

Answer 2

3 months

Question 3

How many cases/deaths of covid 2021

Answer 3

7 million deaths
100 million cases

Question 4

US/China deaths from covid

Answer 4

1.1 million
111,0000

Question 5

Mitigation against covid China

Answer 5

Ac means more people have the resources to stay inside
6.7 beds per 1000 ppl
Good health insurance policies
Screening policies

Question 6

Mitigation against covid US

Answer 6

Low vaccination uptake dispite AC
2.4 hospital beds per 100 people.
22m ppl arrive per year

Question 7

What is the classification for malaria

Answer 7

Communicable, zoonotic

Question 8

Global cases for malaria 2017

Answer 8

220 million

Question 9

Malarias distrubution in ethiopia

Answer 9

endemic in 75% of land area.
70,000 deaths annually

Question 10

Mosquito facts

Answer 10

Female anophales mosquito lays eggs in stagnant water sources such as after monsoon season.
most active between 18 - 40 degrees C

Question 11

Top down mitigation of malaria

Answer 11

Insectacide treated nets 3.5 million distributed in 2015
Indoor residual spraying 700,000 houses sprayed

Question 12

Grassroots mitagtion of malaria ethiopia

Answer 12

World malaria day
Zero malaria starts with me

Question 13

Evidence of success malaria ethiopia

Answer 13

60% reduction in mortality

Question 14

CVD stats

Answer 14

Above stage 3 of epidemiologic transition model
30-65% deaths
700,000 deaths 2021 US

Question 15

Globesity stats

Answer 15

Over 30kg/m^2 BMI
Children in bottom income quintile 3x more likely to be obese than those in the top

Question 16

Lung cancer in Uk

Answer 16

Lifstyle cause
2nd most common cancer in UK

Question 17

mitigation against lung cancer uk

Answer 17

no smoking zones
packaging warnings
Lung cancer dropped 60% in last 40 years
4 in 10 diagnosed in stage 1

Question 18

lung cancer india

Answer 18

environmental cause
8th worst air quality country

Question 19

lung cancer india mitigation

Answer 19

encourage cokking with LPG but firewook is free
stop crop burning (enforcement)

Question 20

NGO work in haiti

Answer 20

Red cross + crescent
National hand washing day and distribution of water purification tabs
Also negative effect of nepalese aid workers

Question 21

Env factors of cholera haiti

Answer 21

Internal displacement due to eq and hurricances.
30% have access to clean water

Question 22

Cholera classifiaction

Answer 22

Infectious bacterial

Question 23

HIV classifiaction

Answer 23

Communicable

Question 24

HIV stats

Answer 24

35 million worldwide living with it

Question 25

Mitigation against HIV in SA

Answer 25

Mobile clinics PREP medication educating young women

Question 26

how does the rosy periwinkle suffer from biopiracy

Answer 26

hundreds of millions produced in madigascar but profits go to US pharmaceutical giants

Question 27

how can biopiracy be compated

Answer 27

fairtrade laws to pay compensatory benefits

Question 28

what is rosy periwinkle used for

Answer 28

helped increase childhood cancer servival form 10-90% from 1970

Question 28

what is rosy periwinkle used for

Answer 28

helped increase childhood cancer servival form 10-90% from 1970 diabetes in china

Question 29

WHO outline

Answer 29

offices in 150 countries wokr with govs helps research and set targets

Question 30

Define contagious

Answer 30

Spreads thru direct or indirect contact

Question 31

When and where was HIV discovered

Answer 31

1983 central Africa

Question 32

Define communicable

Answer 32

Diseases which spread easily from host to host but do not require quarantine

Question 33

Infectious definition

Answer 33

disease spread by pathogens

Question 34

Non - infectious definition

Answer 34

diseases not spread from host to host but caused by external factors such as ...

Question 35

Non contagious definition

Answer 35

Pathogens spread by disease vectors

Question 36

causes of influenza in eaurope

Answer 36

transmission most at 5 degrees C weaker immune system in winter, lower vitamin D

Question 37

what is hypertension

Answer 37

high blood pressure

Question 38

cholera symptoms

Answer 38

appear within 2-3 days dehydration, shock fatal within hours diarrhea, vomiting

Question 39

haiti GDP

Answer 39

1800

Question 40

Haiti cholera stats

Answer 40

700,000 contractions by 2015

Question 41

Responses to cholera haiti

Answer 41

750,000 immunised 300 latrines serving 250,000 people

Question 42

Patent definition

Answer 42

rights to produce drug for 20 years

Question 43

GSK work

Answer 43

close to malaria vaccine developing ebola vaccine 2 million vaccines per day to 160 countries 1 billion per year on research

Question 44

GSK ethical policy

Answer 44

Re invest 20% of profits Cap patented drugs to 25% of uk price in EDC countries

Question 45

Grassroots approach to ginea worm

Answer 45

Working with women as they collect the water educate value of filtering to avoid contamination.

Question 46

Ginea worm stat

Answer 46

200,000 cases since 1990

Question 47

Polio insight

Answer 47

vaccine developed in 1952 jonas silk didnt patent so was eradicated in 1988 in america.

Question 48

Threats on medicianl plants

Answer 48

4000 plants threatened by deforestation issues in commercialising cultivation

Question 49

when was WHO establised

Answer 49

1948