Disease Mitigation

Question 1

Example of outbreak

Answer 1

Ebola 2014/2015 and SARS
Outbreak is when disease occurs in greater numbers than expected in community or region or during the season

Question 2

Example of an epidemic

Answer 2

Ebola 2014/2015
Epidemic occurs when an infectious disease spreads rapidly to many people

Question 3

Example of pandemic

Answer 3

HIV/AIDS, swine flu, smallpox, Spanish influenza 1918
Pandemic is a worldwide (multiple continents) spread of a new disease

Question 4

What WHO does

Answer 4

1. Provides technical support during health crises. Targets to improve prevention, diagnosis (screening), treatment and care.
2. Collects, analyses and publishes health data for each country on health risks, mortality and gov. Spending on healthcare
3. Increases awareness of epidemics and outbreaks of new diseases eg Zika virus (2016)

4.Developing global strategies to combat diseases such as HIV (90 90 90), malaria and TB

5. Research into new drugs
6. Predicting spread of disease

Question 5

Which organisations does WHO work with

Answer 5

UNICEF
World Bank
International Red Cross

Question 6

Example of collaborated research

Answer 6

Stop TB Partnership, aiming to eradicate TB by 2050

Question 7

Which countries did WHO support

Answer 7

2015 Nepal earthquake- delivered mobile medical units and supported foreign medical teams
Liberia 2014- 2015- WHO worked with UNICEF and US CDC to organise a national vaccination programme for measles as the Liberian healthcare services had collapsed due to the Ebola epidemic