Exam 14: Case Studies in Public Health Response Operations

The end of active transmission of Ebola in Guinea also emphasized a social recovery that is needed in the aftermath of an outbreak.

When was Guinea declared free from Ebola virus for the first time?

The CASPER results following the Zika outbreak in Philadelphia indicated that households with which of the following were more likely to consider Zika an important health issue?

Further complicating the potential for acquiring sexually transmitted Zika infection is that most infected persons remain asymptomatic.

The Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) is the "gold standard" method to rapidly collect health information in a representative manner; the information obtained is useful for refining health education activities.

The Ebola Coordination Cell (Cellule de Coordination de la riposte contre la maladie à virus Ebola (CNLEB) was formed of a coordinator and a deputy, both from what agency?

Outside of the health sphere, emergency management approaches in Guinea are largely focused on natural disasters and disaster risk reduction.

According to 2010 census estimates, 12% of the 1.5 million residents of Philadelphia travelling to and migrating from Zika-affected countries are of what ethnicity?

With respect specifically to emergency management, the WHO is continuing to support emergency management training and capacity building in Guinea, in collaboration with IOM, PHAC, and other partners.

What program, associated with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is surveying wild and domestic animal populations to identify possible reservoir species for the Ebola virus?