Diseases
This mosquito-borne disease affects millions annually in Africa and tropical regions and is characterized by fever, chills, and flu-like symptoms.
What is Malaria?
This research method involves the systematic review and statistical analysis of multiple research studies to draw broader conclusions.
What is meta-analysis?
This organization, founded in 1948, is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.
What is the World Health Organization (WHO)?
This Baylor University program allows students to conduct research in global health, ranging from natural sciences to social sciences.
What is the Global Health Fellows program?
This island nation in the Caribbean has one of the highest life expectancies in the region, partly due to its robust healthcare system.
What is Cuba?
An infectious disease that most often affects the lungs and is caused by a type of bacteria. It spreads through the air when infected people cough, sneeze, or spit. This disease is the second leading infectious killer worldwide after COVID-19.
What is Tuberculosis (TB)?
This innovative technology, developed by Baylor College of Medicine and NASA, is a deployable shipping container that can be quickly set up to provide healthcare in low-resource areas.
What are SmartPods?
What medical organization is also known as “Médecins Sans Frontières”?
What is Doctors Without Borders?
AED's Global Health Chairs are...?
Who are Simone and Kellen?
According to a study conducted in 2022, which African country is most susceptible to malaria?
What is Nigeria?
This bacterial infection, often spread through contaminated water, causes severe diarrhea and dehydration.
What is cholera?
This emerging technology creates 3-D virtual replicas of organs with AI, allowing for real-time monitoring and predictive insights to further personalized medicine.
What are Digital Twins?
Founded in 1987 by Dr. Paul Farmer, this organization aims to build medical facilities, train locals, and provide quality healthcare to the poorest regions of our world.
What is Partners in Health?
This Baylor professor has a research lab regarding the mosquito Culex pipiens, which is the primary vector for West Nile encephalitis?
Who is Dr. Cheolho Sim?
This European country has one of the highest rates of organ donation in the world, thanks to its opt-out system.
What is Spain?
This neglected tropical disease, caused by the parasitic worm Wuchereria bancrofti, leads to severe swelling of the limbs and is also known as "elephantiasis".
What is lymphatic filariasis?
This global health initiative focuses on reducing the burden of infectious diseases through vaccination and has been instrumental in the fight against COVID-19.
What is COVAX?
Launched in 2000, the primary goals of this American foundation are to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty across the world.
What is the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation?
This student-run lab at Baylor creates educational interventions with the goals of helping alleviate rural healthcare worker shortages near the TX-Mexico border.
What is R-HERC?
This country in Southeast Asia has successfully reduced its HIV/AIDS prevalence through aggressive public health campaigns.
What is Thailand?
This neglected tropical disease, transmitted by blackflies, can cause severe itching and blindness. It is colloquially known as "river blindness".
What is onchocerciasis?
This pain-free contraceptive method protects against both unintended pregnancies and HIV.
What are microneedle contraceptive patches?
What global health and humanitarian aid organization was founded in 1958 and works in five main areas: disasters and health crises; infectious diseases; noncommunicable diseases; maternal, neonatal and child health; and health policy?
What is Project Hope?
This centralized application service allows prospective students to apply to multiple accredited public health programs with a single application.
What is SOPHAS (Schools of Public Health Application Service)?
How many countries operate under a universal healthcare system? (+100 if you can name one of these countries)
What is 73? (exs: Denmark, Norway, Brazil, Switzerland, Canada)