GLOBAL HEALTH EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
True or false: young women are at special risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) because they are
often forced to have sex, their sexual relations are often unplanned, and they may not have the power
or skills to use a condom. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
It is estimated that half of the girls who undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) will be cut before they
are ____ years of age. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅5
(Women's Health) Decreasing the prevalence of obstetric fistulas is challenging because - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅it requires altering culture practices and it requires strengthening a very weak health care
system
How many Millennium Development Goals were there? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅8
"The girl effect" is based on the philosophy that "50 million girls" equal "50 million _________" -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅solutions
According to the video "Haiti: Congential syphilis on the way out", how is syphilis transmitted? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅it is a sexually transmitted disease
According to the video 'No woman should die giving birth: Maternal Mortality in Sierra Leone', health
care is supposed to be free for - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Pregnant women, Children under five years,
Vulnerable People
Roughly 6.3 million children under 5 years of age died worldwide in 2013. Almost half of these deaths
occurred in only 5 large countries: India, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, and
_____. (Please select one answer) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅China
Based on the information provided on the video 'South Africa: An Everyday Crime', what percentage of
the cases seen in Tutuzela involve children? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅50%
,The deficiency of which vitamin in children increases their risk of dying from diarrhea, measles and
malaria by 20-24%? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Vitamin A
Based on the information provided in the video "Haiti: congenital syphilis on the way out", which of the
following is NOT a complication that can occur among children surviving congenital syphilis: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Lung damage
In order to pay for emergency maternal health care, Sierra Leone's communities have found the
following partial solution: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Community saving schemes
Emergency health care for pregnant women is offered only in 7 of Sierra Leone's 13 districts. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅True
All of the following are correct about Kangaroo Mother Care (as it pertains to child health) EXCEPT -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅It is a very expensive method of keeping the baby warm.
(Women's Health) The 'three delays' that had been major contributors to maternal mortality in Tamil
Nadu include all EXCEPT - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The delay in getting pregnant
Skilled medical practitioners attend ______% of births in Sri Lanka. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅97
The "virgin rape" myth sustains that: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅In order to get rid of sexually transmitted
diseases one must have sexual contact either with virgins (i.e. people with no previous sexual activity) or
with very elderly people who don't have sex anymore
According to Dr. Bundu, the main reasons for the death of so many pregnant women are the following,
EXCEPT; - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Delay in receiving a blood transfusion
Based on the interview given by Dr. Sebastian Van As, how many cases of sexual child abuse are
approximately reported to the police each year in South Africa? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅30,000
, According to the video "The Girl Effect", a girl who marries early in life is more likely to work as
________________ to support her family - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅commerical sex worker
What two regions have the highest maternal mortality ratios? (please select two answers) - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Europe and Central Asia
South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
True or false: it is not important to promote the use of insecticide-treated bed nets to protect children in
malaria-endemic regions. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
Which of the following a health risk that is NOT unique to women? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sexually
transmitted infections
A fundamental consideration of the care provided to rape survivors in Tutuzela is that survivors should
never recount what happened to them. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
Which of the following are NOT among the selected measures to reduce intimate partner violence? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Lenient punishment for offenders
True or false: handwashing with soap is an important practice for preventing the spread of disease. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
According to the transcript of the video "Amazon Crude," what percent of the cleanup does Chevron
(Texaco) say it was responsible for and has already finished? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅40%
True or False: Biomass and fuel will always completely combust when they are burned. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅False
How many children are reached through P&Gs outreach in classrooms in Africa? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅1 million
True or false: young women are at special risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) because they are
often forced to have sex, their sexual relations are often unplanned, and they may not have the power
or skills to use a condom. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
It is estimated that half of the girls who undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) will be cut before they
are ____ years of age. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅5
(Women's Health) Decreasing the prevalence of obstetric fistulas is challenging because - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅it requires altering culture practices and it requires strengthening a very weak health care
system
How many Millennium Development Goals were there? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅8
"The girl effect" is based on the philosophy that "50 million girls" equal "50 million _________" -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅solutions
According to the video "Haiti: Congential syphilis on the way out", how is syphilis transmitted? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅it is a sexually transmitted disease
According to the video 'No woman should die giving birth: Maternal Mortality in Sierra Leone', health
care is supposed to be free for - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Pregnant women, Children under five years,
Vulnerable People
Roughly 6.3 million children under 5 years of age died worldwide in 2013. Almost half of these deaths
occurred in only 5 large countries: India, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, and
_____. (Please select one answer) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅China
Based on the information provided on the video 'South Africa: An Everyday Crime', what percentage of
the cases seen in Tutuzela involve children? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅50%
,The deficiency of which vitamin in children increases their risk of dying from diarrhea, measles and
malaria by 20-24%? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Vitamin A
Based on the information provided in the video "Haiti: congenital syphilis on the way out", which of the
following is NOT a complication that can occur among children surviving congenital syphilis: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Lung damage
In order to pay for emergency maternal health care, Sierra Leone's communities have found the
following partial solution: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Community saving schemes
Emergency health care for pregnant women is offered only in 7 of Sierra Leone's 13 districts. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅True
All of the following are correct about Kangaroo Mother Care (as it pertains to child health) EXCEPT -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅It is a very expensive method of keeping the baby warm.
(Women's Health) The 'three delays' that had been major contributors to maternal mortality in Tamil
Nadu include all EXCEPT - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The delay in getting pregnant
Skilled medical practitioners attend ______% of births in Sri Lanka. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅97
The "virgin rape" myth sustains that: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅In order to get rid of sexually transmitted
diseases one must have sexual contact either with virgins (i.e. people with no previous sexual activity) or
with very elderly people who don't have sex anymore
According to Dr. Bundu, the main reasons for the death of so many pregnant women are the following,
EXCEPT; - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Delay in receiving a blood transfusion
Based on the interview given by Dr. Sebastian Van As, how many cases of sexual child abuse are
approximately reported to the police each year in South Africa? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅30,000
, According to the video "The Girl Effect", a girl who marries early in life is more likely to work as
________________ to support her family - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅commerical sex worker
What two regions have the highest maternal mortality ratios? (please select two answers) - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Europe and Central Asia
South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
True or false: it is not important to promote the use of insecticide-treated bed nets to protect children in
malaria-endemic regions. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
Which of the following a health risk that is NOT unique to women? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sexually
transmitted infections
A fundamental consideration of the care provided to rape survivors in Tutuzela is that survivors should
never recount what happened to them. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
Which of the following are NOT among the selected measures to reduce intimate partner violence? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Lenient punishment for offenders
True or false: handwashing with soap is an important practice for preventing the spread of disease. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
According to the transcript of the video "Amazon Crude," what percent of the cleanup does Chevron
(Texaco) say it was responsible for and has already finished? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅40%
True or False: Biomass and fuel will always completely combust when they are burned. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅False
How many children are reached through P&Gs outreach in classrooms in Africa? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅1 million
