Reproductive + Maternal Health
This observance is held annually on March 8th, and highlights women’s rights and gender equality worldwide...
What is the most successful vaccine of all time?
The smallpox vaccine
What environmental cause of disease leads to more annual deaths globally than AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined?
Air and water pollution
What is one reason gender-based violence is considered a public health issue?
It causes long-term physical and mental health problems like injury, PTSD, and depression.
What are the 3 kinds of malnutrition?
Undernutrition (calories), Over nutrition (excess of cals), Micronutrient deficiency (specific vitamins & nutrients)
Health care before a baby is born that monitors the health of both mother and child is known as what?
What is prenatal care?
1 in 5.
What is the main US agency managing foreign aid and development?
USAID (United States Agency for International Development)
What kind of health problems can survivors of intimate partner or sexual violence experience later in life?
Mental health issues such as depression and PTSD. Higher risk at engaging in behaviors like smoking, drinking, and risky sexual activity.
What nutrient do pregnant women need, but often lack in refugee populations?
iron, folate, and vitamin D
any work!
Which country became the first to make menstrual products free nationwide in 2021?
What is Scotland
Vaccine coverage of at least ___% with both doses of measles vaccine prevents outbreaks and protects communities.
95%
The Ro value is so high! Requires lots of vaccination for herd immunity.
Chronic exposure to which naturally occurring element in ground water in countries such as Bangladesh and India can cause skin lesions, cardiovascular disease, and cancer?
Arsenic
How many states in the United States have a total abortion ban?
12 states.
Diarrheal diseases are extremely contagious (very low infectious inoculum required to spread disease). In refugee camps, what specific hygiene practice can be established to mitigate this?
Mandatory handwashing stations WITH soap available.
What 2023 US bill promotes access to menstrual products in schools, prisons, and federal facilities?
Menstrual Equity for All Act of 2023
In what year did the major provisions to the Global Health Security Act (strengthening US readiness for pandemics) - become LAW. What year?
Extra 100 points for what month...
2022!
December.
In 2020, UNICEF and WHO stated that sanitation coverage efforts must ( ① ) for the world to meet its 2030 sanitation targets.
However, in February 2025, the Trump administration cut ( ② ) of USAID funding, leaving millions without access to clean water and sanitation services.
HALF POINTS FOR EITHER
① quadruple
② 83%
In the United States what is the fraction of women that have experienced rape, physical violence, and stalking and have reported it having a related impact on their functioning?
What was the policy precursor to the Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act?
Global Nutrition Resolution!
This term describes the large difference in pregnancy-related deaths between high-income and low-income countries, where lack of emergency obstetric care, unsafe abortion, and poor health systems contribute to far higher risks.
The Global Maternal Mortality Gap
In what two countries was the least amount of COVID vaccines distributed?
Yemen & Buri
On average, a person uses about 79 gallons of water per day, including for drinking, cooking, showering, and cleaning. By taking a 5-minute shower instead of 10 minutes (saving about 12 gallons), turning off the tap while brushing teeth (saving about 1.6 gallons), and fixing a small leak (which can waste about 5.3 gallons per day), each person can save 13–26 gallons daily.
How do you feel about this, and is there anything you would like to change in your own water usage habits?
No specific answer - freeeee!
If women were held in equal regards to men in labour markets, how much more could be added to the global annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
As much as US $28 trillion, or 26 per cent, could be added to the global annual Gross Domestic Product by 2025
List at least three countries who are most affected by malnutrition?
Any of: Somalia, Yemen, Chad, and Central African Republic, Palestine, etc