Deck 17: Working Together to Improve Global Health

Question 1

Some of the important reasons for actors to cooperate in addressing global health issues are:

A) The need for standards, based on the best available evidence gathered globally
B) The fact that many health issues cross international boundaries
C) The fact that many countries cannot afford themselves to finance the need actions
D) All of these are correct

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Some of the most important bilateral agencies involved in global health include:

A) UNICEF, UNAIDS
B) DFID, USAID
C) Gavi, The Global Fund
D) The World Bank, The Asian Development Bank

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The UN Agency with broad responsibility for health is:

A) WHO
B) UNICEF
C) UNFPA
D) UNDP

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The most involved in health of the multilateral development Banks is:

A) The Asian Development Bank
B) The World Bank
C) The African Development Bank
D) The Inter-American Development Bank

Question 5

Some of the important non-governmental organizations involved in global health across a range of countries include:

A) BRAC, Save the Children
B) Roll Back Malaria, Stop TB
C) AusAID, DANIDA
D) The World Bank, The Asian Development Bank

Question 6

Pharmaceutical companies have been donating drugs for many years to global programs to help address:

A) The neglected tropical diseases
B) Cancer
C) TB
D) Hepatitis

Question 7

The annual meeting of WHO that is most involved in setting policy is:

A) The WHO Annual Meeting
B) The World Health Assembly
C) The Global Health Meeting
D) The WHO Donors Meeting

Question 8

One form of public-private partnerships involved in the development of new diagnostics and drugs is the:

A) Product Development Partnership
B) Private pharmaceutical companies
C) The US National Institute of Health
D) The Welcome Trust

Question 9

UNITAID is largely financed by:

A) Gifts from rich countries
B) Selling bonds
C) An airline tax in participating countries
D) Private Donations

Question 10

The Onchocerciasis Control Project shifted approaches from:

A) Mass drug administration to treatment
B) Treatment to spraying
C) Spraying to mass drug administration
D) None of these are correct

Question 11

An example of a "global public good" is:

A) Clean air
B) The development of a drug against cancer
C) A new vaccine against TB
D) Both clean air and a new vaccine against TB

Question 12

Some of the UN Agencies involved in health include:

A) UNICEF, WHO, UNAIDS
B) USAID, DFID
C) Gavi, The Global Fund
D) AusAID, DANIDA

Question 13

The UN agency primarily responsible for children is:

A) UNHCR
B) UNDP
C) UNICEF
D) UNFPA

Question 14

For the most part, WHO is not a:

A) Technical agency
B) Financing agency
C) Advocacy agency

Question 15

Some of the main focuses of UNICEF historically have been:

A) Child nutrition, vaccination
B) Child rights
C) Children in conflict zones
D) All of these are correct

Question 16

The foundation with the largest portfolio in global health is:

A) The Rockefeller Foundation
B) The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
C) The Ford Foundation
D) The Buffett Foundation

Question 17

The global partnership which leads work on child vaccination is:

A) The Global Fund
B) Gavi
C) Save the Children
D) UNICEF

Question 18

An important global initiative underway now is:

A) The Global Program to Eradicate Measles
B) The Global Polio Eradication Initiative
C) The Global Program to Eradicate Hookworm
D) The Global Program to Eradicate TB

Question 19

The Alma Ata Declaration refers to:

A) An approach to humanitarian relief
B) An approach to the health of women
C) An approach to primary health care
D) An approach to the health of children

Question 20

In many respects today, what is the "organizing principle" for global health?

A) Reduce deaths
B) Reduce morbidity
C) Reduce disability
D) Universal Health Coverage