MHA 708 Exam C (QUESTIONS & ANSWERS) SOLVED 100% CORRECT!!
MHA 708 Evatee 7/31/24 MHA 708 MHA 708 Exam C (QUESTIONS & ANSWERS) SOLVED 100% CORRECT!!
Which 3 sectors make up the WHO? Answer - - World Health Assembly
- Executive Board
- Secretariat
This branch of the WHO has delegates from all member countries: Answer - World Health Assembly
How many countries have delegates on the WHO's World Health Assembly? Answer - 193
This branch of the WHO serves as the main policy implementation body: Answer - Secretariat
This branch of the WHO facilitates the work of the World Health Assembly and advises on technical issues related to health (UN): Answer - Exexutive Board
What are the 6 core functions of the WHO? Answer - 1. Act as a leader and partner on health issues worldwide (UN)
2 Set research priorities and encourage the sharing of health-related knowledge
3. Establish standards of practice and support and monitor their adoption (Help
in individual countries) 4. Advance policy options founded on ethical and evidence-based principles
5. Lend technical support to health initiatives and contribute to capacity building (also provide emergency aid)
6. Monitor health issues around the world and identify patterns and trends
Name a few things that the WHO coordinates: Answer - - population health programs
- mass immunization campaigns
- emergency response efforts to natural disasters and disease outbreaks
- provides statistical monitoring of disease prevalence
What is the WHO policymaking process? Answer - 1. Proposal submitted
2. Preliminary impact analysis by WHO's director general
3. Committee examines proposal and reports at plenary meetings
4. World Health Assembly Votes
5. Policy implemented by Secretariat
How do the WHO and UN interact? Answer - The WHO is the directing and coordinating authority on international health within the UN. WHO Director-
General in meetings of the UN Security Council, the General Assembly of the UN, the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) as well as other intergovernmental forums, interagency briefings, events and interaction with the UN Press Corps.
What are the WHO efforts to eradicate smallpox? Answer - WHO smallpox eradication campaign was launched in its intensified form in 1967, and in four years had wiped out smallpox in Latin America. Four more years toppled the disease's last bastion in Asia. The multi-national teams closed in on Somalia, scene of "the last stand".
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