Exam 14: Case Studies in Public Health Response Operations

What U.S. agency renovated several floors of an existing Ministry of Health building into an emergency operations center to house the CNLEB and affiliated response entities.

The emergence of the Ebola virus in the Americas is 2015 compelled public health authorities to rapidly develop and convey competent, comprehensive, and transparent messages to promote evidence-based knowledge without fostering fear.

During the Ebola outbreak, what agency was in charge of conducting surveillance and epidemiological functions, including contact tracing and collating data for daily situation reports?

The creation of effective messages can be particularly challenging during an emerging epidemic due to rapidly changing situations and a paucity of information.

Prior to the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, the Ministry of Health did not possess an emergency operations center.

The target population for sexually transmitted Zika had the same demographic and risk-factor profile as the target population for the city's existing sexually transmitted disease prevention campaign.

Although CASPERs are more often performed in the context of an acute public health emergency, the method and approach lends itself well to performing community assessments in a rapid and representative manner.

For the index case of the Ebola outbreak, what agent was suspected to be the cause of illness before Ebola was identified as the causative agent?

During the Guinean Ebola response, what agency provided funding to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to renovate structures in 28 prefectural and communal health departments to serve as local-level emergency operation centers (EOCs)?

Infection with Zika typically causes mild or no symptoms, but can potentially cause what medical condition and neurologic complications in adults?

In February 2015, the public health department of what U.S. city activated its Incident Command Structure to address the growing epidemic of Zika in the United States?

In June 2015, the French government launched what project, which included an effort to train multidisciplinary rapid response teams in each of Guinea's eight administrative regions?

Emergency management was not a widely recognized concept in the public health sphere in Guinea prior to the Ebola outbreak.

During the Guinean Ebola response, what agency was the lead for social mobilization and awareness raising?

Along with Ghana and Botswana, Guinea was one of the three countries most heavily impacted by the Ebola virus.

In 2016, Guinea was declared free from the Ebola virus, having been the origin of one of the worst Ebola outbreaks in history.

The index case in the Ebola outbreak in Guinea is thought to be a young boy from a rural village in the remote southeastern forest region of Guinea who was exposed to the virus via contact with which of the following?

France launched the PREPARE project in 2016 to monitor Ebola survivors and offer frequent testing of key bodily fluids such as semen, blood, and breast milk in an effort to prevent new cases.

The CASPER method recommends how many attempts be made at each household, resulting in long wait time in between attempts?

Results from the vaccine trial in Guinea have been disappointing, with data from over 5,000 vaccinated individuals being infected with the virus after exposure.