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1 Question: HPM.1 What kind of funding mechanisms do Sector Wide Approaches aim for? Question: HPM.2 Which economic quintile pays the highest proportion of its income on health? Question: HPM.3 Which items in the government budget from developing countries account for the greatest portion of the total health expenditure? Question: HPM.4 Which two measures are combined in the calculation of a DALY? Question: HPM.5 Apart from insurance, which other initiative uses a third party to cover the health costs of the poor? Question: HPM.6 A system that charges equal fees (across socioeconomic strata) for health insurance has a: Progressive Policy or Regressive Policy? Question: HPM.7 Health costs that exceed 40% of household expenditure (apart from subsistance costs) are called Question: HPM.8 In most developing countries the highest proportion of the national health expenditure comes from

2 Question: HPM.2 The lowest quintile Question: HPM.1 Pooled Funding Question: HPM.4 Mortality and disability Question: HPM.3 Salaries and benefits Question: HPM.6 Regressive Question: HPM.5 Health Equity Funds Question: HPM.8 Out of pocket expenditure Question: HPM.7 Catastrophic health expenditure

3 Question: HPM.9 In global politics, who are the members of the BRIC group (name 4 countries)? Question: HPM.10 Which one is not one of the Paris Principles? A: Ownership B: Alignment C: Harmonization D: Equity Question: HPM.11 Which international intiative in 1987 included userfees as part of a strategy to extend sustainable health services? Question: HPM.12 What is the name of the informal health systems alliance created in 2007 by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNAIDS, GFATM, GAVI, The World Bank, and Gates Foundation? Question: HPM.13 Which are the three priority diseases for the Global Fund? Question: HPM.14 Which abbreviation is used for the United Nations Population Fund? Question: HPM.15 In 2009, Barack Obama reversed the called "Mexico City Gag Rule". The Gag rule denied USAID aid to agencies providing a specific type of service. Which type of service was it? Question: HPM.16 The main sectors of any Health System include the public sector, the civil society, the NGOs and the... Which is the missing sector?

4 Question: HPM.10 D: Equity Question: HPM.9 Brazil, Russia, India, China Question: HPM.12 H8 Question: HPM.11 The Bamako Initiative Question: HPM.14 UNFPA Question: HPM.13 AIDS, TB, Malaria Question: HPM.16 Private sector Question: HPM.15 Providing abortion related services

5 Question: HPM.17 Regarding development assistance, which approach was blamed for "creating islands of excellence within seas of mediocrity"? Question: HPM.18 According to the World Health Report of Which country was ranked in possition 37 in spite of having the world's largest per capita expenditure on health? Question: HPM.19 Which national health system has offered free treatment at the point of service since 1948? Question: HPM.20 What is the primary legal obligation of a patient receiving care in the private health sector? Question: HPM.21 Which WHO/Unicef program takes an integrated, holistic approach to the health of children under 5? Question: HPM.22 The three Ds in decentralization include: Devolution, Deconcentration, and Question: HPM.23 Which developing country has been known for deliberately exporting over 30,000 medical personnel to assist other countries in crisis? Question: HPM.24 Within the conext of the MDGs. Are traditional Birth Attendants considered as "skilled birth attendants"?

6 Question: HPM.18 United States of America Question: HPM.17 Project approach to development Question: HPM.20 To pay the doctor Question: HPM.19 United Kingdom Question: HPM.22 Delegation Question: HPM.21 Integrated Management of Childhood Illness Question: HPM.24 No Question: HPM.23 Cuba

7 Question: HPM.25 Name three forms of attrition that affect any health work force. Question: HPM.26 What is the name of the recommended approach in order to reduce the risk of HIV transmission among the health staff? Question: HPM.27 Apart from cost, what do poor people report fearing most from health staff? Question: HPM.28 True or false? Generally, it is advised that HIV positive health staff should be removed from contact with patients. Question: HPM.29 SMART objectives are Specific and Measurable but what do the R and T stand for? Question: HPM.30 Assumptions in a Logframe are outside direct intervention control, but vital for success. How do you call an assumption which when seriously considered, forces you to redesign the project LogFrame? Question: HPM.31 In pharmacy management, which system ensures that drugs closest to their expiry dates are used first? Question: HPM.32 What is the diagram that illustrates the hierarchy of administrative positions within a Ministry of Health?

8 Question: HPM.26 Universal precautions Question: HPM.25 Name three of the following: 1. Death 2. Disability 3. Retirement 4. Migration Question: HPM.28 False Question: HPM.27 Negative attitudes Question: HPM.30 A 'Killer Assumption' Question: HPM.29 Realistic, Time-framed Question: HPM.32 An Organogram Question: HPM.31 First expired - first out (FEFO)

9 Question: HPM.33 Which are the targets used by the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers for their monitoring and evaluation? Question: HPM.34 The "Three Ones" in HIV Policy include: one national plan, one coordinating body, and one... Question: HPM.35 Which European capital has its name most associated with the Aid Effectiveness Agenda? Question: HPM.36 Regarding the planning hierachy: Which type of plan is appropriate to implement a program locally? Question: HPM.37 Kingdon's model gives three streams to explain the policy process. These streams are: The problem stream, the policy stream, and the Question: HPM.38 The steps of the Project Mangement Cycle are: Needs analysis, Planning, Implementation, and Question: HPM.39 Question: HPM.40 List the 3 main forms of decentalization. Which of the following are key Financing Mechanisms in health care? A: Direct out-of-pocket payments B: Private / voluntary insurance C: General taxation D: Public / social insurance E: External financing F: All of the above

10 Question: HPM.34 Monitoring and Evaluation System Question: HPM.33 MDG targets Question: HPM.36 Operational plan/action plan Question: HPM.35 Paris Question: HPM.38 Monitoring and evaluation Question: HPM.37 The political stream Question: HPM.40 F: All of the above Question: HPM.39 Deconcentration, Devolution & Delegation

11 Question: HPM.41 An assessment of price per unit of product/service in comparison to similar interventions is referred to as Question: HPM.42 When developing a health policy, name 3 main factors to consider while building up appropriate / sustainable health policy. Question: HPM.43 True or False? In management of essential medicines, the Push system supplies the goods regardless of whether a request has been received; while Pull system are triggered by a demand from the user level. Question: HPM.44 List the two main types of evaluation. Question: HPM.45 What does acronym SWOT stand for? Question: z Question: Question: z z

12 Question: HPM.42 Name three of the following: 1. Content 2. Context 3. Actors 4. Process Question: HPM.41 Cost analysis Question: HPM.44 Formative and Summative Evaluation Question: HPM.43 True Question: Question: HPM.45 S- Strengths W-Weaknesses O-Opportunities T- Threats Question: Question:

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