"The global campaign to eradicate malaria in the mid-to-late twentieth century demonstrated both the power and the limits of modern medical technology. While synthetic insecticides like DDT and new antimalarial drugs initially succeeded in eliminating the disease from temperate and subtropical regions in wealthier nations, these campaigns frequently faltered in tropical areas of sub-Saharan Africa. In these regions, lacking robust public health infrastructure and facing economic constraints, the disease persisted..."
—Adapted from a historical analysis of global health campaigns, 2018.
Based on the passage, which of the following was a primary limitation of twentieth-century medical advances in combating diseases in developing regions?
- AThe complete cultural homogenization of global populations, which eliminated local health differences.
- BThe rise of environmentalist movements that successfully banned all medical manufacturing worldwide.
- Inequalities in wealth and infrastructure that limited the distribution of medical treatments to low-income nations.Cevap
- DThe enforcement of mercantilist regulations that prohibited the trading of medical technology.
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Inequalities in wealth and infrastructure that limited the distribution of medical treatments to low-income nations.
The correct answer is correct because the stimulus explicitly highlights that malaria campaigns failed in parts of sub-Saharan Africa due to economic constraints and a lack of public health infrastructure, demonstrating how disparities in wealth and development limited the effectiveness of technological advances.
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The primary limitation of late-twentieth-century medical advances in developing nations was unequal distribution due to economic and infrastructural disparities.