Partners in Health
In what city are PIH headquarters located?
Where is Boston, MA.
This Seattle based global health organization is run by this married couple.
Who are Bill and Melinda Gates.
If you cannot wash your hands with soap and water the CDC recommends you use alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least this % alcohol.
What is 60%.
Penicillin (the first antibiotic) was discovered in this year. (+/- 3 years)
What is 1928.
The US supreme court appears likely to uphold this health related legislation.
What is Obamacare/ACA.
What year was Partners in Health founded? (+/- 3 years)
What is 1987. (+/- 3 years)
This organization, formed in 1971, is willing to enter war-torn countries without the permission of authorities in order to serve countries that are battling severe endemic diseases.
What is Doctors Without Borders.
This European country has the highest number of deaths due to COVID-19 per 100k people worldwide.
What is Belgium
What century was the bubonic plague (“black death”) most prominent throughout Europe?
What is the 14th century.
The misuse of antibiotics to treat COVID-19 could lead to the flourishing of these.
What are superbugs.
What are 4 of the 10 countries PIH works in
4 of:
United States
Mexico
Haiti
Peru
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Malawi
Lesotho
Rwanda
Russia
This organization serves as a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world to fight poverty, including making investments to improve health.
What is the World Bank
This country was the second country to report a case of COVID-19
What is Thailand
The last naturally occurring case of smallpox occurred in this decade.
What are the 1970s.
The divergence of medics to help treat COVID-19 is expected to result in a surge of over 400,000 deaths due to this disease.
What is tuberculosis (TB).
Which PIH co-founder served as the 12th president of the World Bank (group) from July 1, 2012 to February 1, 2019.
Who is Jim Yong Kim
UNICEF is an acronym for what.
What is the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. (United Nations Children’s Fund)
This very small European country has the highest number of cases of COVID-19 per 100k people worldwide.
What is Andorra.
*DOUBLE JEOPARDY*
The first clinical trial was conducted in 1747 to identify treatment for this disease.
What is scurvy.
A new vaccine (long-term treatment) has had promising results in treating this infection and may be used as a replacement for the common daily oral medication.
What is HIV.
The name of the community/town in Haiti where PIH was started.
What is Cange.
World health day is celebrated on April 7th of each year. This is also the day in 1941 that this organization was created.
What is the World Health Organization
The first case of COVID-19 in the US is reported to have occurred on this day. (+/- 3 days)
What is January 20th, 2020.
In 1946 the CDC was established initially to help combat this disease.
What is malaria.
On November 18th, 2020. The DRC successfully ended another Ebola outbreak. The ___th in their history.
What is 11th.