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Increase in life expectancy in developing countries
progresses of global health over the last fifty
years? Fall of the death rate of children under five years of age
Improve maternal health
The Millennium Development Goals include
a goal to:
between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day
By 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water
and basic sanitation
Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-5 mortality rate
Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, nondiscriminatory trading and
financial system
Millennium Development Goal/s?
Eradicate, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger.
Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to
complete a full course of primary schooling
true
The prevalence of diabetes is growing
rapidly in low- and middle-income countries.
There was no reservoir of disease except for humans
One reason smallpox was a disease suited
for eradication was
True
The West Nile virus originated in Egypt in
the 1930s and is transmitted by a mosquito.
The virus can be found in much of the world,
today.
The world is shrinking and many diseases are not limited by national boundaries
The MAIN reason global health issues are of
concern to everyone is:
Achieve universal primary education
Reduce child mortality
Which of the following are Millennium Develop a global partnership for development
Development Goals?
Promote gender equality and empower women
Decrease in the under-5 mortality rate to 65 per 1,000 children
What is the most important milestone
achieved in global health over the last 50
years?
Bangladesh
Which country(ies) is/are considered low- Cambodia
income, according to the World Bank Haiti
definition
South Africa
Venezuela
Select all the countries represents an upper-
middle-income country according to the
World Bank classification? Turkey
smallpox
The only disease eradicated to date has
been:
North-west Africa
Which of the following is NOT a geographic
region (to classify world regions) used by the
World Bank:
About 584,000 people died of malaria in 2013
Which statement about the present status of
global health is true?
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Increase in life expectancy in developing countries
progresses of global health over the last fifty
years? Fall of the death rate of children under five years of age
Improve maternal health
The Millennium Development Goals include
a goal to:
between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day
By 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water
and basic sanitation
Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-5 mortality rate
Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, nondiscriminatory trading and
financial system
Millennium Development Goal/s?
Eradicate, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger.
Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to
complete a full course of primary schooling
true
The prevalence of diabetes is growing
rapidly in low- and middle-income countries.
There was no reservoir of disease except for humans
One reason smallpox was a disease suited
for eradication was
True
The West Nile virus originated in Egypt in
the 1930s and is transmitted by a mosquito.
The virus can be found in much of the world,
today.
The world is shrinking and many diseases are not limited by national boundaries
The MAIN reason global health issues are of
concern to everyone is:
Achieve universal primary education
Reduce child mortality
Which of the following are Millennium Develop a global partnership for development
Development Goals?
Promote gender equality and empower women
Decrease in the under-5 mortality rate to 65 per 1,000 children
What is the most important milestone
achieved in global health over the last 50
years?
Bangladesh
Which country(ies) is/are considered low- Cambodia
income, according to the World Bank Haiti
definition
South Africa
Venezuela
Select all the countries represents an upper-
middle-income country according to the
World Bank classification? Turkey
smallpox
The only disease eradicated to date has
been:
North-west Africa
Which of the following is NOT a geographic
region (to classify world regions) used by the
World Bank:
About 584,000 people died of malaria in 2013
Which statement about the present status of
global health is true?
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