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Assorted Bag of Tricks
Food, Glorious Food
Oh Dear!
It's "Catching" for sure
Not "Catching" at all
100
This explicit statement of goals for development efforts was pledged by countries to be met by 2015
What are the Millennium Development Goals?
100
This is a term that describes failure to reach linear growth because of inadequate nutrition or poor health
What is stunting?
100
This group of people are forced to flee their homes due to internal conflict and have no legal rights
What are Internally Displaced People (IDPs)?
100

This is the proportion of persons with a particular condition who die from that condition

What is case fatality rate?

100

This is a disease of the heart and blood vessel systems

What is cardiovascular disease?

200
Two conditions for human research.
What are 1) social value, 2) Scientific validity, 3) Fair subject selection, 4)Acceptable risks, 5)Informed consent, 6) Respect for enrolled subjects
200
This is how being overweight is measured in children
What is weight for height two z-scores above the international reference for children?
200
One of the groups most vulnerable to the effects of war within society
Who are women (also children)
200

When a disease incidence is reduced to zero, we use this term

What is elimination

200
This region has the highest prevalence of diabetes globally: Europe, North America/Caribbean, Africa
What is North America/Caribbean?
300
What is the term given to persons who reside outside their country of nationality or habitual residence, has a fear of persecution due to some recognized factor (e.g., religion, race, sexual orientation) and who fears returning to that country?
What is refugee?
300
This type of nutrient is found most easily in fish, meat, and poultry, and deficiency can lead to an increased risk of premature birth
What is iron?
300

Two of the ways in which climate change affects health

What are air pollution, increase in allergens, wildfires, mental health, vector-borne diseases, food/water-borne diarrheal diseases?

300

List 3 transmission paths for communicable disease

What are food borne, waterborne, and vector borne? Others: sexual/bloodborne, inhalation, non traumatic contact

300
This is one of the most common cancers in sub-Sarahan Africa
What are lung cancer and cervical cancer?
400
This SDG is aimed at specifically reducing disparities by gender
What is "Achieve gender equality and empower women and girls"?
400
Overconsumption of this type of food component increases the risk of type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease.
What is sugar?
400

What is one consequence of war-time violence to those affected?

What is the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?

400

This is the leading cause of communicable disease death worldwide

What are lower respiratory conditions?

400
This is the most common cancer in the world
What is lung cancer?
500
This is the number 1 cause of death among adolescents
What is road injury?
500
This region has the highest prevalence of obesity globally among children under 5 years of age. Bonus points for getting the prevalence within 1%.
What is Europe? The prevalence is 12.5%
500

The term for a complex, multi-party, intra-state conflict resulting in a humanitarian disaster which might constitute multi-dimensional risks or threats to regional and international security

What is "Complex Humanitarian Emergency"?

500

This age group has the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: 0 - 15, 15 - 49, 50+. Bonus points for getting within 1 to 2% of the prevalence.

What is 15 - 49 age group. Prevalence is around 4.7%

500
This is one of the major disease contributors to mental health worldwide.
What is unipolar depressive disorder? Others: schizophrenia, anxiety, bipolar affective disorder