Question

Previous bonus - Next bonus
This action’s name is an acronym used by NGOs for the services targeted for improvement by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 6, which is overseen by a Joint Monitoring Programme led by the WHO and UNICEF. For 10 points each:
[10m] In the 19th century, a Hungarian obstetrician found that what action reduced mortality from puerperal fever?
ANSWER: washing [or word forms of washed; accept WASH or water, sanitation, and hygiene; accept handwashing or washing hands; accept water or sanitation or hygiene] (The obstetrician was Ignaz Semmelweis.)
[10e] The disease burden from unsafe water, sanitation, and hygiene, or WASH, largely comes from acute respiratory infections and diseases that cause this condition of frequent, dehydrating loose bowel movements.
ANSWER: diarrhea [accept diarrheal diseases]
[10h] Per this measure, unsafe WASH is responsible for the highest infectious disease burden in children under five worldwide. This measure combines mortality and morbidity and is subtractive, unlike a “quality-adjusted” counterpart.
ANSWER: DALYs [or disability-adjusted life years; prompt on life years]
<Other>

Back to bonuses

Summary

Data

Claremont ATexas A&M B1010020
Iowa AUW A10101030
Texas AIowa B1010020
Rice AAppalachian State1010020
UBC ASorbonne100010
Michigan State ATexas A&M A1010020