World Health Organisation

Question 1

What are the 7 parts of WHO consultation in 2015?

Answer 1

1) Future epidemics
2) curing and not harming
3) science and technology
4) anticipating emerging
5) preventing the spread
6) big brother
7) back to future

Question 2

What did WHO say about future epidemics?

Answer 2

risk is not evenly distributed, need to identify first cases

Question 3

Curing and not harming:

Answer 3

government needs to invest in healthcare, bacterial outbreaks in hospitals

Question 4

Science and technology:

Answer 4

Tech can track isolated genomics, better survalence

Question 5

Anticipating emerging:

Answer 5

Old methods are not effected, cross sector collaborations and communication

Question 6

Preventing the spread:

Answer 6

tourism, inequality and urban epidemics increase spread

Question 7

Big brother:

Answer 7

modelling outbreaks, learning from heath insurance

Question 8

Back to back:

Answer 8

Countries must take responsibility and collaborate

Question 9

What does WHO do?

Answer 9

collects data from the 194 member states and publishes them annually

Question 10

problems of who:

Answer 10

• critised for reacting too slowly to outbreaks eg Ebola in west Africa
• states can ignore their advise as its not legally binding
• funded by voluntary contributes so if someone pulls out funding decreases