Question 1

Discuss the effects of the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.

Accepted Answer

TRIPS incorporated patent protections th

Question 2

Comprehensive primary health care (CPHC) a strategy for ________________ endorsed at the Alma-Ata Conference, 1978.

Accepted Answer

A)  assessing the social determinants of health 
B)  securing international authority for WHO 
C)  achieving universal health care for developed countries, particularly those in the European Union 
D)  integrating prevention and treatment at the core of the goal of achieving "Health for All in the Year 2000" 
E)  None of the above 
A)  assessing the social determinants of health 
B)  securing international authority for WHO 
C)  achieving universal health care for developed countries, particularly those in the European Union 
D)  integrating prevention and treatment at the core of the goal of achieving "Health for All in the Year 2000" 
E)  None of the above

Question 3

What has research that deals with the relation between globalization and health show?

Accepted Answer

An extensive literature now investigates

Question 4

Describe the evolution of global health governance in the twenty-first century.

Accepted Answer

The 21st-century global health policy la

Question 5

What motivates donors to allocate resources to improving health outside their borders?

Accepted Answer

On a simplistic level, they care because

Question 6

The Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health can allow health concerns to trump intellectual property protections.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What has been found to have a strong correlation with increased levels of foreign investment in LMICs?

Accepted Answer

A)  Greater exposure to unhealthy food 
B)  Increased equity 
C)  Lower indicators of structural poverty 
D)  Higher rates of communicable diseases 
E)  More robust protection for at risk groups 
A)  Greater exposure to unhealthy food 
B)  Increased equity 
C)  Lower indicators of structural poverty 
D)  Higher rates of communicable diseases 
E)  More robust protection for at risk groups

Question 8

National governments disburse funds for, among other programs, the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

According to Simon Szreter, what was the result of the Industrial Revolution in Britain?

Accepted Answer

A)  It caused life expectancy rates to plummet in "provincial" cities for several decades. 
B)  It caused life expectancy rates to plummet in rural areas for several decades. 
C)  It greatly improved health outcomes for individuals living in "provincial" cities immediately but did not affect those living in rural areas for several decades. 
D)  It is evidence of the link between economic growth and lower mortality rates. 
E)  It had no impact on the health of workers. 
A)  It caused life expectancy rates to plummet in "provincial" cities for several decades. 
B)  It caused life expectancy rates to plummet in rural areas for several decades. 
C)  It greatly improved health outcomes for individuals living in "provincial" cities immediately but did not affect those living in rural areas for several decades. 
D)  It is evidence of the link between economic growth and lower mortality rates. 
E)  It had no impact on the health of workers.

Question 10

The social or socio-economic gradient demonstrates within-country health discrepancies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

How is WHO constrained?

Accepted Answer

A)  By contributions made by member states 
B)  By the donor-driven nature of its priorities 
C)  By its intergovernmental nature 
D)  By its lack of any source of authority apart from the cooperation and commitment of member states 
E)  All of the above 
A)  By contributions made by member states 
B)  By the donor-driven nature of its priorities 
C)  By its intergovernmental nature 
D)  By its lack of any source of authority apart from the cooperation and commitment of member states 
E)  All of the above

Question 12

The vision articulated at Alma-Ata included not only comprehensive access to health care but also many elements that would now be described in terms of social determinants of health.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The IMF demands for limiting increased public expenditures on health have resulted in which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Deteriorating health system performance 
B)  Elimination of the over-supply of health workers 
C)  A more efficient and reliable healthcare industry 
D)  Improved healthcare outcomes among impoverished populations 
E)  Increased ability for governments to pay their health professionals and teachers competitive wages 
A)  Deteriorating health system performance 
B)  Elimination of the over-supply of health workers 
C)  A more efficient and reliable healthcare industry 
D)  Improved healthcare outcomes among impoverished populations 
E)  Increased ability for governments to pay their health professionals and teachers competitive wages

Question 14

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation annually spends more money on health initiatives compared to the amount that the World Health Organization spends.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

As of 2017, 2.3 billion people lack access to basic sanitation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

WHO has overshadowed the richer World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a decisive player in development policy in relation to health.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

How has COVID-19 death toll projections underestimated the overall death toll that should be anticipated?

Accepted Answer

A)  They do not include deaths related to reduced access to treatment or prevention for other conditions among people not infected with the virus. 
B)  They do not include health consequences from the economic depression that followed lockdowns of major segments of economies and societies. 
C)  They were underestimated due to political pressure to minimize the severity of COVID-19 
D)  Both A and B 
E)  All of the above 
A)  They do not include deaths related to reduced access to treatment or prevention for other conditions among people not infected with the virus. 
B)  They do not include health consequences from the economic depression that followed lockdowns of major segments of economies and societies. 
C)  They were underestimated due to political pressure to minimize the severity of COVID-19 
D)  Both A and B 
E)  All of the above

Question 18

England's Industrial Revolution decreased the life expectancy of some of the population.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What is one of the strongest indications that health is now firmly established as an element of the foreign policy agenda of high-income countries?

Accepted Answer

Perhaps the strongest indication that he

Question 20

Donations to health programs outside the donor's state tend to be motivated more by risk than by altruism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 21: Development and Health

Discuss the effects of the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.

Comprehensive primary health care (CPHC) a strategy for ________________ endorsed at the Alma-Ata Conference, 1978.

What has research that deals with the relation between globalization and health show?

Describe the evolution of global health governance in the twenty-first century.

What motivates donors to allocate resources to improving health outside their borders?

The Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health can allow health concerns to trump intellectual property protections.

What has been found to have a strong correlation with increased levels of foreign investment in LMICs?

National governments disburse funds for, among other programs, the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

According to Simon Szreter, what was the result of the Industrial Revolution in Britain?

The social or socio-economic gradient demonstrates within-country health discrepancies.

How is WHO constrained?

The vision articulated at Alma-Ata included not only comprehensive access to health care but also many elements that would now be described in terms of social determinants of health.

The IMF demands for limiting increased public expenditures on health have resulted in which of the following?

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation annually spends more money on health initiatives compared to the amount that the World Health Organization spends.

As of 2017, 2.3 billion people lack access to basic sanitation.

WHO has overshadowed the richer World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a decisive player in development policy in relation to health.

How has COVID-19 death toll projections underestimated the overall death toll that should be anticipated?

England's Industrial Revolution decreased the life expectancy of some of the population.

What is one of the strongest indications that health is now firmly established as an element of the foreign policy agenda of high-income countries?

Donations to health programs outside the donor's state tend to be motivated more by risk than by altruism.

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State of the State: Does the State Have a Role in Development?

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Urban Development: Cities in the Global South

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