HSC4624 Quiz #9 Questions with 100%
Correct Answers
What happened in 1967 in the World Health Organization? Correct Answer: In
1967, the World Health Organization decided to mount a global vaccination
campaign to wipe out smallpox forever. But the disease was so widespread,
experts predicted total eradication was doomed to failure.
Smallpox had certain characteristics that gave Dr. Henderson realistic hope that
they
could break the chain of transmission, including _________________. Correct
Answer: person to person
Vaccines were winning the war against__________ in the ___________. But
in_____________ countries most diseases still flourished. Correct Answer: Viruses;
West; poorer;
Even smallpox, the _____________ illness to have a _____________, continued to
claim more lives than any other disease in history. Correct Answer: first; vaccine
Why was achieving the vaccination goal (i.e. in terms of number of people) in
Nigeria impossible? Correct Answer: There were far too many people but not
enough vaccines.
What strategy did the smallpox warriors use in Nigeria instead? Correct Answer:
ring vaccination
What percent of the population was vaccinated with this strategy in Nigeria?
Correct Answer: 15%
, Who helped identify villages with smallpox? Correct Answer: dived up
geographic areas and asked missionaries and send runners to every village to
find out if they had smallpox if they found a case vaccinator would quickly
place a cholera to the ring.
What country had the largest concentration of cases & became the next
challenge for the smallpox campaign? Correct Answer: India
Who helped them find smallpox cases? Correct Answer: thousands of indian
workers. House for house workers.
In 1973, they mounted a house by house campaign that was so well
coordinated they visited ___________ (# and word) homes in just _______ (#)
days. Correct Answer: a hundred million; 6
What they discovered alarmed them... in one state where we were getting
_________ (#) smallpox cases a week, the searchers suddenly found 11,000 cases
in
just one week. Correct Answer: 500
In the 1970s, what percent of the population was on a train at any one time?
Correct Answer: 1%
Where did they set up surveillance posts? Correct Answer: at trains stations,
markets and gathering places
How did the village chief get the people to come to the village? Correct
Answer: dummer pounding on a talking drum
What country had the last naturally occurring case of smallpox? Correct
Answer: samila in east africa
Correct Answers
What happened in 1967 in the World Health Organization? Correct Answer: In
1967, the World Health Organization decided to mount a global vaccination
campaign to wipe out smallpox forever. But the disease was so widespread,
experts predicted total eradication was doomed to failure.
Smallpox had certain characteristics that gave Dr. Henderson realistic hope that
they
could break the chain of transmission, including _________________. Correct
Answer: person to person
Vaccines were winning the war against__________ in the ___________. But
in_____________ countries most diseases still flourished. Correct Answer: Viruses;
West; poorer;
Even smallpox, the _____________ illness to have a _____________, continued to
claim more lives than any other disease in history. Correct Answer: first; vaccine
Why was achieving the vaccination goal (i.e. in terms of number of people) in
Nigeria impossible? Correct Answer: There were far too many people but not
enough vaccines.
What strategy did the smallpox warriors use in Nigeria instead? Correct Answer:
ring vaccination
What percent of the population was vaccinated with this strategy in Nigeria?
Correct Answer: 15%
, Who helped identify villages with smallpox? Correct Answer: dived up
geographic areas and asked missionaries and send runners to every village to
find out if they had smallpox if they found a case vaccinator would quickly
place a cholera to the ring.
What country had the largest concentration of cases & became the next
challenge for the smallpox campaign? Correct Answer: India
Who helped them find smallpox cases? Correct Answer: thousands of indian
workers. House for house workers.
In 1973, they mounted a house by house campaign that was so well
coordinated they visited ___________ (# and word) homes in just _______ (#)
days. Correct Answer: a hundred million; 6
What they discovered alarmed them... in one state where we were getting
_________ (#) smallpox cases a week, the searchers suddenly found 11,000 cases
in
just one week. Correct Answer: 500
In the 1970s, what percent of the population was on a train at any one time?
Correct Answer: 1%
Where did they set up surveillance posts? Correct Answer: at trains stations,
markets and gathering places
How did the village chief get the people to come to the village? Correct
Answer: dummer pounding on a talking drum
What country had the last naturally occurring case of smallpox? Correct
Answer: samila in east africa
