Quiz 4 Rural Health and Scaling up Effective Models of Care Delivery

Despite lack of social sector investment, Haiti's health indices were not that bad.

False

What are 'water refugees' in Haiti?

Small landowners whose land was flooded by the building of the Peligre Dam.

Partners in Health began working with those who lived in Cange. What did the situation of Cange inhabitants teach Partners in Health?

• Medical and educational services must be designed as fundamental social and economic rights.

• Interventions must account for both acute illness and chronic lack of nutrition

Partners in Health in Haiti, in its tuberculosis intervention, saw healthcare as ineffective unless underlying causes (sanitation, nutrition) are dealt with first.

False

The Rwandan genocide, attributed to age-old animosity between the Hutus and Tutsis, gave many development experts reason to write off the country.

True

Partners in Health in Rwanda was distinctive because it

aimed to treat and test AIDS and build the public health sector.

What did the Partners in Health model show about the role of paid community health workers?

They can improve adherence to therapy.

What should the role of the community be in a good healthcare system?

The community should be integrated as partners.

Which best describes the diagonal approach to public health?

Disease-specific interventions strengthen other systems.

Brain drain is an example of economic disparities and structural violence.

True