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