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1

WHO is a special agency of what organization?

The League of Nations

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

The United Nations

None of the above

2

WHO’s constitution declares that “health” is a

a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being.

the abscence of disease.

a body's ability to fight disease and avoid trauma.

all of the above.

3

In what year was WHO established?

1947

1923

1932

1948

4

WHO’s biggest, most significant accomplishment has been what?

The eradication of polio.

The eradication of smallpox.

The distribution of medications that prevent death from HIV-relate illnesses.

The discovery of the polio vaccine.

5

Top priorities for WHO include:

Communicable diseases

Trauma prevention

Clean water and adequate sanitation

Nutrition

6

WHO’s mission statement is based on the Utilitarian philosophy of:

Locke and Betham

Humes and Voltaire

Satre and Russell

Dewey and Marx

7

What is the single most logical error of the WHO mission statement?

There are too many people in the world to make a difference in their health care.

the "enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health" is subjective and therefore not obtainable.

the statement that "health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being" is relative and therefore not a goal that can be reached by rational processes.

That communicable diseases are too widespread and variable to ever be eradicated fully.

8

Target populations of current WHO policies currently include:

Children

Women

Women and children

Men

9

Which of the following is NOT a WHO priority?

Breast cancer

Cervical cancer

Schistosomiasis

Prostate cancer

10

Diseases that WHO has focused on to eradicate include:

Polio

Schigella poisoning

Salmonella poisoning

Coxsackie virus

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