Enn1504 Portfolio May/June 2022

his portfolio consists of three compulsory parts. • The mark of the portfolio will contribute 55% and your year mark 45% to the final mark. • You should use a variety of sources/references to create a new product to answer the questions set in the portfolio. • The length of each part for the portfolio should be as follows: Part 1: Approximately 900 – 1 000 words inclusive of reference page with between 5-10 references. Part 2: Approximately 1 500 – 2 000 words inclusive of reference page with a minimum of 8-17 references. Part 3: 25 multiple-choice questions: only write the number and the correct letter e.g., 1 A, 2 C, etc This study source was downloaded by from CourseH on :02:38 GMT -05:00 2 Part 1 Use specific examples and statistics to illustrate the impacts of COVID-19 on mortality and economic development within the African continent. Provide recommendations on how the impacts you have identified should be addressed. (25) Part 2 Evaluate the impacts of food insecurity and poverty on informal settlers and the rural poor in South Africa. Include specific examples and references to academic research as well as recommendations of how the impacts you have identified should be addressed. (50) Part 3 MCQ 1. Which of the following are endemic and variable on the African continent? A) Poverty, food security, and low life expectancy B) Low life expectancy, poverty, and ethnic tensions C) Food security, ethnic tensions, and low life expectancy D) None of the above. 2. The following are among the reasons why bearing more children is encouraged in Africa: A) Status is not attached to men with more kids. B) Children hardly take care of their parents when they are old. C) To fetch firewood and help with farming. D) All the above. 3. African Union’s Africa health strategy argues that the high burden of disease in Africa continues because ____________. A) All the below. B) health systems are too weak and services too under-resourced to support targeted reduction in disease and achieve universal access C) health interventions do not match the scale of the problem D) there is widespread poverty, marginalisation, and displacement on the continent This study source was downloaded by from CourseH on :02:38 GMT -05:00 3 4. One of the main challenges facing the development of health is the need for____________. A) a fragmented approach to health B) a coordinated, cross-sectoral approach to health C) a singular approach to health D) All the above. 5. According to Pieterse (2001), which of the following describes the word development? A) Belief in the value of industrialisation B) Achievement of higher economic returns C) Faith in the benefit of modernisation D) Following sustainable development Choose from: A) A, B and D B) A, B and C C) A, C and D D) B, D and C 6. Measuring inequality and unemployment in Africa____________________. A) would be difficult to achieve because of the lack of reliable data B) would be easy to achieve because of improved technology C) would be difficult to achieve because of a lack of volunteers D) would be easy to achieve because of democratic states 7. Many African countries are worse off than they were at independence more than forty years ago because of____________________. A) rapid population growth and crumbling infrastructure B) poor health, welfare, and limited