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6. How may rainy seasons impact on malaria cases and why?

  • It may increase malaria cases, as mosquitoes breed on stagnant water
  • It may increase malaria cases
  • It may decrease malaria cases, due to flooding

7. How did H1N1 spread?

  • Skin contact
  • Infected food/water
  • Airborne
  • Bodily fluids

8. What is the grassroots strategies case study?

  • Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Guinea-worm in Ghana
  • Cancer in the UK
  • Malaria in Ethiopia

9. define "Endemic"

  • a world-wide disease outbreak
  • an outbreak of a disease within a restricted area
  • the normal, baseline level of a disease within a population
  • a contagious disease

10. Which of these is an issue with medicinal plant sourcing?

  • Biopiracy
  • limited amount of plants
  • some cultures may have issues with using plants

11. How did the Red Cross mitigate against cholera in Haiti?

  • Education on how it spreads, treatment centres
  • treatment advice
  • mass distribution of medication

12. What was the source of the Cholera epidemic?

  • Red Cross aid workers came while ill and spread it
  • Infected UN peacekeepers from Nepal contaminated a river used as a water supply
  • Aid workers contaminated food

13. Which of the following is a scientific breakthrough of GSK?

  • Ventolin (1969) launched as a treatment for asthma
  • Sertraline (2000) launched as an anti-depressant medication

14. What plant does Morphine originate from

  • Opium Poppy
  • Rosy Periwinkle

15. When was the H1N1 virus declared a pandemic

  • April 2009
  • July 2009
  • June 2009
  • May 2009

16. What epidemic followed a natural hazard in which country?

  • Guinea Worm in Ghana
  • Malaria in Ethiopia
  • Cholera in Haiti
  • Zika in Brazil

17. Where did H1N1 originate?

  • Mexico
  • Canada
  • Peru
  • England
  • Brazil
  • North America

18. Define zoonotic disease

  • a disease spread from animals to humans
  • a vector-borne disease
  • a disease spread from humans to animals
  • a disease spread between animals

19. How has WHO helped to mitigate against HIV/AIDS in Kenya?

  • Education of high risk groups, free condoms, HIV clinics for testing & treatment for potential exposure
  • Mass vaccination programmes
  • Free barrier methods of contraception

20. What country is used in the Malaria case study on strategies to reduce disease?

  • Ghana
  • Ethiopia
  • Mexico
  • India