Deck 17: Global Health: Refugees and Caring for the Forgotten

Question 1

The Discussion Topics at the end of the chapter can easily be adapted for different essay assignments. For example:
o Using some of the IPE concepts and tools, explain 4-5 ways in which the topics of global health and refugees intersect. Explain some of the ways in which one topic helps "reimagine" the other.
o Choose one of the chapter's four case studies of refugees and outline some of the political-economic issues that each of the four IPE perspectives would highlight in that case.
o When considering solutions for the physical and mental health problems of refugees or migrants in general, do you think that the developed nations should provide more or less food and foreign aid to developing nations?
o Which of the chapter's 14 policy recommendations for refugees do you like the most? Explain using examples from the reading.

Answer 1

No Answer.

Question 2

Compare and contrast "horizontal" and "vertical" approached to global health. What arguments do proponents of each approach make? Which counties and organizations tend to favor which approach, and why?

Answer 2

No Answer.

Question 3

Which of the following statements about the concept of "global health" is least accurate?

A) It concerns not just medical problems and infectious diseases that people face everywhere in the world.
B) It deals with trauma and psychological injury.
C) It promotes coordinated efforts at the local, national, regional, and global levels.
D) It promotes philanthropy by corporations and wealthy people.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following is not one of the theses of the chapter?

A) Poverty, drought, hunger, and conflict are the biggest direct causes of migration.
B) The UNHCR is the international organization that can provide the most (and best) humanitarian assistance to migrants and refugees.
C) States have political and moral obligations to resolve the political causes of humanitarian crises and to do much more to help humanitarian IOs and NGOs address the physical and mental health needs of refugees.
D) To mitigate migration and displacement, sustainable development approaches are superior to market-oriented economic approaches.

Question 5

People who leave their country in search of a job or economic opportunities are called

A) migrants.
B) asylum seekers.
C) immigrants.
D) refugees.

Question 6

The UNHCR estimates that by the end of 2016 there were ____ million displaced people in the world.

A) 20
B) 25
C) 50
D) 65

Question 7

Which region of the world had the largest number of internally displaced people (IDPs) at the end of 2016?

A) The Middle East
B) Africa
C) Asia and the Pacific
D) Latin America and the Caribbean

Question 8

The financial aid that state and multilateral development agencies give to low- and medium-income countries for health promotion is commonly referred to as?

A) DAH
B) Food for Peace
C) WHO
D) CARE

Question 9

Which of the following is an NGO in Syria that rescues people from bombed buildings and fighting?

A) MSF
B) ICRC
C) UNHCR
D) White Helmets

Question 10

Which of the following countries has some of the most generous resettlements policies in Africa?

A) Kenya
B) Uganda
C) Ethiopia
D) Libya

Question 11

Since 2012 Australian officials have held hundreds of male migrants and asylum seekers on this island for up to four years while they waited for judicial proceedings to determine where they will go.

A) Lampadusa
B) Manus
C) Nauru
D) Manhattan

Question 12

Which of the following statements about the Rohingya situation in Burma is false?

A) The Myanmar government has for many years denied the Rohingya citizenship and legal rights.
B) Many aid agency officials claim that Myanmar security forces committed crimes against humanity-murders, rapes, executions, forced population transfers and deportation, and persecution.
C) Nobel Peace Prize laureate and de-facto leader of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, praised the military for "acting with great courage" and showed no sympathy for the Rohingya.
D) Bangladesh has accepted the Rohingya into its society and allows them to become Bangladeshi citizens.

Question 13

Who popularized the argument that over-bureaucratized, inefficient, and sometimes corrupt IOs and NGOs often do little to help countries develop?

A) William Easterly
B) Jeffrey Sachs
C) Paul Farmer
D) Paul Collier

Question 14

Which noted expert below is most closely associated with the idea of "accompaniment"?

A) Paul Collier
B) Paul Farmer
C) Jeffrey Sachs
D) William Easterly

Question 15

The ideas related to the "Food First" movement are attributed to:

A) Joseph Collins and Frances Moore Lappé
B) Garrett Hardin
C) Jeffrey Sachs
D) Bill Gates

Question 16

Which of the following statements related to "lifeboat ethics" is false?

A) It is ethical to let the hungry in developing nations die rather than give them aid that would not sustain them over the long run.
B) Overpopulation is threatening the ability of commodity producers to keep up with demand.
C) Governments must impose population control on their societies and cut off food aid to the starving, all of whom are drowning the rest of the world in a lifeboat.
D) Bill and Melinda Gates subscribe to lifeboat ethics more than any other idea when it comes to dealing with international hunger and medical issues.

Question 17

Which of the following statements about either "food security" or "food sovereignty" is false or incorrect?

A) Food security exists "when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life."
B) Food security means the right to produce one's own food on one's own territory, but also the right to decide for oneself what to produce and by what methods.
C) Food sovereignty poses a challenge to the energy-intensive, agro-industrial, export-oriented food system and those who benefit from it, such as large landowners and MNCs that sell patented seeds and chemicals.
D) Food sovereignty is a popular idea in many developing parts of the world-and with indigenous people in particular.

Question 18

Which of the following statements about food and hunger is incorrect?

A) Between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of the world's population that is malnourished fell significantly.
B) Between 1990 and 2015, the absolute number of people experiencing chronic hunger increased slightly.
C) Spikes in world food prices in 2008 and 2012 were not caused primarily by food production shortages.
D) All three statements above are correct.

Question 19

Which of the following countries gives the most foreign aid (official development assistance) as a percentage of its gross national income?

A) The United States
B) Germany
C) Japan
D) Norway