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1
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What are stochastic effects in epidemics?

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Where each event occurs by chance independent of one another

2
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Why did H1N1 levels decrease in 2009/10?

A

Availability of NPFS in this time period

3
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Which age groups is influenza A most common in?

A

(from highest) 6-15, 16-30, 31-50, under 5 and over 50

4
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What is the incubation period for ebola?

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2-21 days

5
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What is the generation time for ebola?

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10-12 days

6
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What is the doubling time for ebola?

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4-5 days

7
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What is R0 for ebola?

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2-3.5

8
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What is the survival rate for ebola?

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47-50%

9
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At what age is the mean intensity and prevalence highest for ascariasis?

A

5-9, highest worm burden in children

10
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At what age is the mean intensity and prevalence highest for hookworm?

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82.4

11
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At what age is the mean intensity and prevalence highest for trichuriasis?

A

5-10 for mean intensity and 20-30 for prevalence

12
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What percentage of HIV cases are found in SS Africa?

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67% and 91% of new infections are children in SSA

13
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How many people were living with HIV in 2014?

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36.9 million total

14
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How many people were newly infected with HIV in 2014 and 2007?

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2 million and 2.7 million

15
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How many people died of AIDS related diseases 2005 and 2014?

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2.8 million and 1.2 million

16
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What is the global prevalence, incidence and deaths of HIV?

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36.7 million, 1.8 million and 1 million deaths

17
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Since the beginning of the epidemic how many people have been infected with HIV?

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60 million and 25 million deaths, 2.7 million new infections/ year and 2 million deaths/ year

18
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How many deaths have been averted due to ART?

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9 million since 2000

19
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What is the percent reduction in risk of transmission to sexual partners due to HIV suppression?

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96%

20
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By 2020 what will happen in terms of HIV?

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90% of all people with HIV will know their status, 90% of those diagnosed will get sustained antiretroviral therapy and 90% of these people will have durable suppression. 73% of all people living with HIV will be virally suppressed.

21
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What are the common causes of death in high-income countries?

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CVD, COPD, cancer, diabetes or dementia

22
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What are causes of death in low income countries 2011?

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Lower resp tract infections, diarrhoea, HIV/AIDS, ischaemic heart disease, malaria, stroke CVD and TB

23
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What are the most commonly diagnosed cancers?

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Lung, breast and colorectal

24
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What are the most common causes of cancer death?

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Lung, liver and stomach

25
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Which cancer has the highest incidence and mortality in low income countries?

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Cervical > breast > lung (mortality only)

26
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Which cancer has the highest incidence and mortality in middle income countries?

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Incidence: breast > colorectal
mortality: lung> breast > colorectal

27
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Which cancer has the highest incidence and mortality in high income countries?

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Incidence: breast> colorectal
Mortality: lung> colorectal> breast

28
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What is the most frequent cause of premature cancer death in men and women?

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Men- lung and women- breast (richer areas it is lung and poorer areas it is cervical)

29
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What were the main causes of death before epic transition (infectious)

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malaria, tb and small pox. This changed to cancer, heart disease and stroke

30
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What were the main causes of death before epic transition (cancer)

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stomach, cervix and liver. This changed to lung, pancreas, colorectal and breast

31
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What are the 9 major behavioural and environmental risk for cancer death ?(2001)

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smoking, low fruit veg intake, alcohol use, unsafe sex, overweight, physical inactivity, contaminated injections in healthcare, urban air pollution, indoor smoke

32
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What are the most common cancer death due to infections (2002)?

A
starting with most common:
Hep B/C - Liver
Hy pylori- stomach, lymphoma
HPV- cervical
EBV- NPC, Hodgkin and BL
HIV and HHV- KR, NHL
Schistosomes- bladder
HTLV I- ATLL
Liver flukes- Liver
33
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How many cancer death were attributable to infection (2002)?

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8.1% in developed countries of all cancer deaths and 26.9% of all cancer deaths

34
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Describe the difference in levels of CVD for men and women

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Always lower in women but get closer after menopause

35
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Describe the difference in levels of CVD for different ethnicities

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In terms of ethnicity (Caucasians vs afro-Caribbean), the rates were nearly the same (in 1980), but over time there was a difference in heart disease mortality. The figures were much higher for afro-Caribbean’s by 2000. The levels of white males being very close to the rate of mortality in black females

36
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How much has obesity increased in America?

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Rated have increased from 10% to over 30% in nearly all states in America

37
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What are the major risks to health?

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diet high in processed meat, high BMI, high fasting plasma glucose and drug use

38
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What is the most common cause of death in UK (2015)?

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Dementia and Alzheimers

39
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What illness has been on rise since 1990?

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Mental illness

40
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How many people in Africa are infected with 1 or more parasitic infections?

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500 million

41
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How many DALYs are lost from NTDs?

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56.6

42
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List the 9 NTDs from most to lease prevalent in SSA?

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Hookworm, ascariasis, schistosomiasis, trichuriasis, trachoma, LF, oncho, trypanosomiasis, dracunculiasis

43
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How many species of schistose are there?

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5 species which are endemic in 70 tropical and sub trop countries

44
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Which country is most at need of schist treatment?

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Nigeria > Ethiopia> DRC > Mozambique

45
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Which company is donating 200 million tablets of mebendazole per year?

A

Johnson and Johnson

46
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How many people are infected with oncho and what percentage live in Africa?

A

37 million and over 99%

47
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How many are at risk of LF, how many infected and how many suffering symptoms?

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1.4 billion at risk, 120 million infected and 40 million suffering from symptoms

48
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How many are infected by oncho and how many have visual impairment?

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84 million infected and 8 million have visual impairment

49
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Which company committed to providing 2 billion tablets of DEC for LF?

A

EISAI

50
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Which company is donating praziquantel?

A

MERCK

51
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Which 2 organisations are aimed at treating NTDs?

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USAID NTD- 450 million dollars and british gov- DFID- 200 million pounds over 5 years. Other donors are the world bank, Children’s investment fund foundation, bill and melinda gates foundation and END FUND

52
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Name some success stories in control of NTDs

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LF in zanzibar, trachoma in morocco, guinea worm globally and schistosomiasis in Egypt

53
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What is the annual incidence and mortality of HIV?

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2.7 million and 2.8 million

54
Q

How often is cervical cancer screening done?

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every 3 years then every 5 years from 50 onwards (35-64)

55
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How many lives per year does cervical cancer screening save?

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4500

56
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How many HIV infections have been prevented by antenatal screening and treatment (2010-2015)?

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1.3 million

57
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How many breast cancers have been detected through screening?

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15 000, 1.9m screened each year

58
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What percentage of female cancer patients are over-diagnosed in breast cancer screening?

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11%

59
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How many women enter the breast cancer screening programme every year (50-52)?

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307 000

60
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What are the 2 types of colorectal cancer screening?

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Faecal occult blood screening and flexible sigmoidoscopy

61
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What is the most expensive screening programme?

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Bowel cancer, then breast, cervical and infections in pregnancy