Global Health Geography
Which country was first to experience a COVID 19 outbreak?
China
What medical imaging tool uses magnetic fields instead of X-rays?
MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
What was the first human vaccine ever created?
Smallpox
Lack of access to safe drinking water causes which diarrheal disease?
Cholera
What disease is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and spread by ticks?
Lyme disease
What continent has the highest number of malaria cases?
Africa
Who discovered penicillin?
Alexander Fleming
What is herd immunity?
When a large portion of a population is immune, reducing the spread of disease
Which vitamin deficiency can lead to scurvy?
Vitamin C
Which infection is commonly known as the flu?
Influenza
What country is home to the WHO (World Health Organization) headquarters?
Switzerland
What is the first organ successfully transplanted in humans?
Kidney
What virus causes chickenpox and shingles?
Varicella-zoster virus
What term refers to limited access to affordable, nutritious food?
Food insecurity
What disease, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, was historically called "Hansen's disease"?
Leprosy
Which region has the highest maternal mortality rates?
Sub-Saharan Africa
Who introduced hygiene and nursing reforms during the Crimean War?
Florence Nightingale
Which infection is prevented by the BCG vaccine?
Tuberculosis
What is "One Health"?
An approach linking human, animal, and environmental health
What organ does malaria mainly affect?
Liver
Which country has the world's highest TB burden?
India
Which modern technology allows precise editing of human genes and won a Nobel Prize in 2020?
CRISPR-Cas9
What type of vaccine contains a weakened form of the virus?
Live-attenuated vaccine
Which nutrient deficiency is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children?
Vitamin A
What parasitic disease is transmitted by the tsetse fly?
African sleeping sickness (Trypanosomiasis)