Exercise 15. Agree or disagree with the statements given below. The following phrases may be helpful

1. WHO is a specialized agency concerned with international public health.

2. The Supreme body of WHO is in Paris, France.

3. Malaria is a noncommunicable disease.

4. WHO is not interested in nutrition, food security and healthy eating.

5. Smallpox is widely spread on the Earth.

6. The priorities of WHO policy are communicable diseases, in particular, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and others.

7. Besides epidemic information WHO provides other services, i.e. quarantine measures, standardization of medicines, statistics, etc.

8. The emphasis of WHO work is more on prevention than on cure.

Exercise 16. Open the brackets using correct tense and voice. Translate the sentences:

1. The nurse (to come) to give injections three times a day this month.

2. Vitamins (to assist) the biochemical process of the body.

3. Standardization of medicines and vaccines as well as development of medical research (to provide) by WHO since its foundation.

4. Odessa (to warn) about epidemic of cholera in 1973.

5. Tomorrow we (to attend) the lecture in Biology.

6. The World Health organization (to establish) in 1948.

7. I never (to be) to the operation-room before.

8. His sister (to care) for medicine.

9. WHO (to inform) national health services about outbreaks of viral diseases.

10. HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (to be) communicable diseases.

11. I (to see) an interesting operation this week.

12. The students (to show) the wards for patients with burns.

Exercise 17. Express the following sentences in the Passive voice:

Model: The doctorhas examined all the extremities.

All the extremities have been examined by the doctor.

1. The surgeons have operated on these patients.

2. These drugs have stopped bleeding.

3. The doctor has set a fractured bone.

4. The surgeon has prevented the fatal outcome of the disease.

5. The physician had discharged this patient

6. The nurse had introduced the solution of antibiotics into the wound.

7. The nurse had bandaged the patient's surgical wound.

Exercise 18. Put questions to the underlined words:

1. There are 194 member-states in WHO now.

2. WHO provides information about international quarantine measures.

3. The World Health Assembly typically meets in May.

4. The World Health Organization is concerned with international public health.

5. WHO was established in 1948.

6. WHO informs national health services about outbreaks of viral diseases.

7. WHO has achieved impressive success in the campaign against small pox and malaria.

8. WHO works to improve health during key stages of life.

Exercise 19. Fill in the missing prepositions. Some of prepositions may be used more than once. Translate the sentences:

1. The severity of the disease depends…. the particular viral strain.

2. Toxin released … the blood circulation may produce fever.

3. A secondary infection can be treated … appropriate antibiotics.

4. Patients must be warned … the dangers of secondary infection.

5. WHO informs national health services … outbreaks of viral diseases.

6. In the past, many people died …. smallpox.

7. Children are routinely immunized … poliomyelitis, whooping cough and other diseases.

8. WHO also works to improve health…key stages of life, i.e. pregnancy, childbirth, childhood and adolescence.

9. Children should be vaccinated … influenza, if they have never had it.

10. The Constitution of WHO was signed … 194 states.

11. A disease can spread to a healthy person through his/her direct contact … the patient.

12. WHO is concerned … international public health.

Exercise 20. Translate into English:

1. Конституція ВООЗ була підписана 61 країною в 1946 році.

2. ВООЗ інформує національні служби охорони здоров’я про спалахи вірусних інфекцій.

3. Штаб-квартира ВООЗ розташована в Женеві.

4. Ціль (пріоритети) ВООЗ включають такі заразні хвороби, як ВІЛ/СНІД, малярія, туберкульоз.

5. В останні роки увага змістилася більш на профілактику, ніж на лікування.

6. ВООЗ досягла успіхів в кампанії проти натуральної віспи.

7. ВООЗ також забезпечує служби, необхідні всім країнам, такі як міжнародна стандартизація ліків і вакцин, медичні дослідження, тощо.

8. Асамблея Всесвітньої організації охорони здоров’я зазвичай збирається щорічно у травні.

Exercise 21. Arrange the following sentences in a correct order to describe the following term:

WHO

1. The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN).

2. In 2013, WHO has 194 member - states.

3. One of the main services carried out by WHO is the service of epidemic warnings.

4. WHO was established on 7 April 1948.

5. WHO is concerned with international public health.

6. The headquarters of WHO in Geneva, Switzerland.

7. Besides epidemic information WHO also provides services which are needed by all the countries, such as an international quarantine measures, world health statistics, international standardization of medicines and vaccines, etc.

Завдання для самостійної роботи студентів (СРС)

Exercise 1. Topic Vocabulary:

Exercise 2. Study the prefixes. Read and translate the following words and give them explanations:

uni: one, single – unicellular, uninuclear, uniglandular, unilocular, unicapsular, unilateral, unilobular

multi: more than one, many – multicellular, multinuclear, multiglandular, multilocular, multicapsular, multilateral, multilobular