Question
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]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 67% | 67% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 67% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 7 | 20.00 | 100% | 86% | 14% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 6 | 20.00 | 83% | 100% | 17% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 50% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 40% | 80% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 80% | 60% | 20% |
Data
| Columbia A | John Jay | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Johns Hopkins | Haverford | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Columbia B | NYU A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Columbia C | NYU B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Vassar | Penn | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |