Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS - Quiz
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV AIDS
  • 1. When did Sidibé inform the UNAIDS board that he would resign?
A) 13 June 2019
B) Mid-2018
C) 13 December 2017
D) 13 December 2018
  • 2. What reason did the expert report give for criticizing Sidibé's leadership?
A) Defective leadership
B) Lack of education
C) Inability to speak English
D) Financial embezzlement
  • 3. When was Sidibé scheduled to leave his post according to his announcement?
A) January 2019
B) June 2019
C) December 2018
D) June 2020
  • 4. What term did the expert panel use to describe the workplace culture under Sidibé?
A) Patriarchal
B) Egalitarian
C) Transparent
D) Democratic
  • 5. What did the experts claim Sidibé was promoting regarding himself?
A) Strict adherence to rules
B) A culture of transparency
C) Democratic leadership
D) A cult of personality
  • 6. Where is the UNAIDS secretariat located?
A) Paris
B) Geneva
C) New York
D) Bamako
  • 7. What did a UNAIDS official describe the UN as being?
A) A gender-neutral institution
B) A boys club
C) A highly transparent organization
D) A feminist-led agency
  • 8. What did Sidibé deny regarding his actions toward an employee?
A) Ignoring the board's requests
B) Forcing her to drop sexual assault allegations
C) Hiring his family members
D) Stealing agency funds
  • 9. How long had Sidibé headed the agency before the report?
A) Five years
B) Two years
C) Ten years
D) Nine years
  • 10. What is Sidibé's country of origin?
A) France
B) USA
C) Mali
D) Switzerland
  • 11. What was the initial reaction of Sidibé when allegations surfaced in 2018?
A) He admitted to all faults
B) He fled the country
C) He resigned immediately
D) He refused to quit
  • 12. According to the report, what must happen for the situation in UNAIDS to change?
A) The agency must move its headquarters
B) The board must increase funding
C) The staff must be fired
D) Sidibé must resign
  • 13. According to the report by Lindsay Knight, how does the death toll of the HIV/AIDS pandemic compare to combat deaths in the twentieth century?
A) It has killed more than all those who died in battle during the twentieth century.
B) It is exactly equal to the total number of combat deaths.
C) It is significantly lower than the total number of combat deaths.
D) It is impossible to determine due to lack of historical data.
  • 14. Which organization led the initial global response to the HIV/AIDS crisis?
A) The World Health Organization
B) The National Institutes of Health
C) The United Nations
D) The US-based Center for Disease Control
  • 15. What led to the formation of the Global AIDS program, according to the 2011 CDC report?
A) The CDC's reputation and staff accomplishments
B) A sudden decrease in the global infection rate
C) Global funding from private pharmaceutical companies
D) A mandate from the United Nations General Assembly
  • 16. How do critics characterize the initial global response to the HIV/AIDS crisis?
A) Over-funded but poorly managed
B) Rapid, effective, and well-funded
C) Efficient, proactive, and globally coordinated
D) Slow, faltering, and negligent
  • 17. Why did some scientists dismiss concerns about HIV/AIDS becoming a global pandemic?
A) They believed the concerns were unnecessarily alarmist.
B) They lacked the technology to track the spread of the virus.
C) They believed it was already being contained by the CDC.
D) They argued that the virus was not transmissible between humans.
  • 18. Which communities were stigmatized and blamed for the HIV/AIDS epidemic early on?
A) Only elderly populations and children
B) Political dissidents and refugees
C) Sex workers, men who have sex with men, and drug users
D) Government employees and civil servants
  • 19. What is the acronym for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS?
A) JUNAIDS
B) UNHIV
C) UNAIDS-G
D) UNAIDS
  • 20. Who is the current executive director of UNAIDS?
A) Michel Sidibé
B) Winnie Byanyima
C) Kofi Annan
D) Peter Piot
  • 21. Which principle does UNAIDS promote regarding the involvement of people living with HIV?
A) GAP
B) GIPA
C) UN-HIV
D) GIVP
  • 22. Who served as an executive director of UNAIDS from 1995 to 2008?
A) Peter Piot
B) Michel Sidibé
C) Winnie Byanyima
D) Ban Ki-moon
  • 23. In what year was the GIPA principle formulated?
A) 2006
B) 1994
C) 1996
D) 2001
  • 24. How many governments are represented on the Programme Coordinating Board?
A) 50
B) 10
C) 22
D) 5
  • 25. Which resolution established UNAIDS?
A) ECOSOC resolution 1996/26
B) ECOSOC resolution 1994/24
C) UN General Assembly 2001/5
D) Security Council 1996/12
  • 26. What is the French name for UNAIDS?
A) Programme commun des Nations Unies sur le VIH/sida
B) Organisation internationale du VIH
C) Action mondiale contre le VIH
D) Programme des Nations Unies sur le sida
  • 27. How many NGO representatives are on the Programme Coordinating Board?
A) 5
B) 22
C) 10
D) 1
  • 28. UNAIDS is a member of which United Nations group?
A) United Nations Security Council
B) United Nations Development Group
C) United Nations Peacekeeping Group
D) World Trade Organization
  • 29. Who started the Global Network of People living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+) in 1986?
A) A UN diplomat
B) A medical doctor from Zaire
C) Dietmar Bolle
D) A CDC researcher
  • 30. When is it believed HIV first crossed over from chimpanzees to humans?
A) 1980s
B) 1950s
C) 1990s
D) 1920s
  • 31. What is the name of the virus in chimpanzees similar to HIV?
A) Candidiasis
B) Pneumocystosis
C) Cellular-immune dysfunction
D) Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)
  • 32. What was the year of the blood sample used to retrospectively detect the first verified HIV case?
A) 1981
B) 1920
C) 1959
D) 1970
  • 33. In what year did the CDC officially adopt the term AIDS?
A) 1985
B) 1982
C) 1981
D) 1986
  • 34. Which organization published the first report of AIDS cases in its weekly digest?
A) World Health Organization
B) UNAIDS
C) GNP+
D) CDC
  • 35. Where was the First International Conference on AIDS hosted in 1985?
A) New York
B) Kinshasa
C) Brussels
D) Atlanta
  • 36. Which of these countries is mentioned as having doctors who noted HIV/AIDS symptoms in the 1970s?
A) Zaire
B) United States
C) Canada
D) Germany
  • 37. What specific condition was described in the first AIDS report as an opportunistic infection?
A) Tuberculosis
B) Malaria
C) Influenza
D) Pneumocystosis
  • 38. What was Dietmar Bolle's professional background?
A) CDC scientist
B) Research biologist
C) UN resolution writer
D) HIV positive specialist nurse
  • 39. How often does the Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations meet?
A) Once every two years
B) Quarterly
C) Twice each year
D) Once each year
  • 40. Which of the following is a cosponsor of UNAIDS?
A) World Health Organization
B) International Red Cross
C) Doctors Without Borders
D) Amnesty International
  • 41. Who is the Deputy Executive Director, Programme?
A) Michel Sidibé
B) Gunilla Carlsson
C) Shannon Hader
D) Winnie Byanyima
  • 42. UNAIDS collaborated with which specific entity in the Roman Catholic Church?
A) The Vatican Bank
B) The Jesuit Refugee Service
C) Caritas Internationalis
D) The Pontifical Academy of Sciences
  • 43. What is one of the categories of non-state entities that UNAIDS seeks to involve?
A) Faith-based organizations
B) National governments
C) Intergovernmental military alliances
D) Political parties
  • 44. How is UNAIDS primarily funded to fulfill its mandate?
A) Mandatory member state taxes
B) High-interest bank loans
C) Commercial sales of medical equipment
D) Voluntary contributions
  • 45. Who was the largest donor to UNAIDS in 2003?
A) United Kingdom
B) The United States
C) Japan
D) The Netherlands
  • 46. How much in core funding did UNAIDS receive in 2021?
A) US$ 118.5 million
B) US$ 171.4 million
C) US$ 75.9 million
D) US$ 247.2 million
  • 47. What was the identified funding gap in the UNAIDS minimum operating budget in November 2022?
A) $187 million
B) $45 million
C) $25 million
D) $35 million
  • 48. How much did Australia commit to a five-year partnership with UNAIDS starting in 2022?
A) AUD 187 million
B) AUD 35 million
C) AUD 10 million
D) AUD 25 million
  • 49. Which of these individuals is listed as a UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador?
A) Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach
B) Jeannette Kagame
C) Chantal Biya
D) Fatima Maada Bio
  • 50. Which First Lady is associated with UNAIDS according to the provided text?
A) Jenna Ortega
B) Dominique Ouattara
C) Princess Stéphanie
D) Racheal Kundananji
  • 51. In 2021, which entity was a leading provider of non-core resources?
A) UNFPA
B) Japan
C) The Netherlands
D) Australia
  • 52. Which of the following is an example of a private group that supports UNAIDS?
A) Sporting clubs
B) Regional parliaments
C) Public hospitals
D) State-run universities
  • 53. Which region's King is listed as a Goodwill Ambassador?
A) Busoga region
B) The Netherlands
C) India
D) The United Kingdom
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