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PHL611S - PUBLIC HEALTH LEGISLATION 2A - 1ST OPP - JUNE 2022 |
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nAmlBIA UnlVERSITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTYOF HEALTH,APPLIEDSCIENCESAND NATURALRESOURCES
DEPARTMENTOF HEALTHSCIENCES
QUALIFICATION: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES
QUALIFICATION CODE: 08BOHS
COURSE CODE: PHL611S
COURSE NAME: PUBLIC HEALTH LEGISLATION 2A
SESSION: JUNE 2022
DURATION: 3 HOURS
PAPER: THEORY
MARKS: 100
FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER(S) MR. IMMANUEL ZERIAPI
MODERATOR: MS. CHARMAINE JANSEN
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Write clearly and neatly.
3. Number the answers clearly.
PERMISSIBLEMATERIALS:NONE
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 4 PAGES {Including this front page)
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SECTION A (30 MARKS)
QUESTION 1 [ 15 MARKS]
1.0
Assess the following statements and decide whether they are true or false.
Write only the number of the question and next to it true for a true statement and
false for a false statement next to the number of the question.
1.1
New development has the potential to introduce unforeseen health hazards.
(1)
1.2
Occupational Health and Safety service are shared among the Ministry of Health and (1)
Social Services, Ministry of Labour, and Environment, Forestry and Tourism.
1.3
Namibia Institute of Pathology analysis of food and water samples on behalf of
(1)
Ministry of Home Affairs.
1.4
The majority of the members of the Labour Advisory Council constitute a quorum.
(1)
1.5
If an employee has a reasonable cause to believe that, until effective measures have (1)
been taken, it is neither safe nor health to continue work in a place of work, that
employee may not leave that place.
1.6
Public conveyance means any indoor, enclosed or partially enclosed, area which is open (1)
to the public and includes a workplace.
1.7
This Act is called the Tobacco Products Control Act 01, 2010, and comes into operation (1)
on a date to be determined by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.
1.8
Chief health officer means the person referred to in section 20 of the National Health (1)
Act No.02 of 2015.
1.9
A local authority council as defined in Section 1 of the Regional Council Act 23, 1993. (1)
1.10 Head of health services means an Environmental Health Practitioner appointed by a (1)
local authority as contemplated in Section 22 of the National Health Act 02, 2015.
1.11 Give the full meaning of the following abbreviations.
(5)
1.11.1 IEC
(1)
1.11.2 EHMS
(1)
1.11.3 UNED
(1)
1.11.4 CHW
(1)
1.11.5 NACEH
(1)
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QUESTION 2 [ 15 MARKS]
2.0 Define the following terms.
(15)
2.1 Burial
(2)
2.2 Neo-natal death
(1)
2.3 Tar
(2)
2.4 Emission
(1)
2.5 Water-borne disease
(2)
2.6 Sustainable development
(2)
2.7 Biological diversity
(5)
SECTION B (30 MARKS)
QUESTION 3 [ 10 MARKS]
3.1 State the goals of National Environmental Health Policy, 2002.
(5)
3.2 List five (5) purposes of Public Health Legislation.
(5)
QUESTION 4 [ 20 MARKS]
4.1 Describe the process of law making in terms of Proclamation in Namibia.
(10)
4.2 Outline the objectives of Tobacco Product Control Act No. 01 of 2010.
(10)
SECTION C (40 MARKS)
QUESTION 5 [20 MARKS]
5.1 Confirm Public and Environmental Health Sub-divisions at the National Level in the
(10)
Ministry of Health and Social Services.
5.2 Explain the employers' duties towards the employees as stipulated in the Labour Act (10)
No. 11 of 2007.
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QUESTION 6 [ 20 MARKS]
6.0 Compile the job description of an Environmental Health Practitioner at the Ministry
(20)
of Health and Social Services at district level.
GOOD LUCK
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