Fighting Disease: Health At The End Of The Millennium Another Wired Curriculum from The United Nations CyberSchoolBus
Introduction How They Work How They Spread Poverty and Disease Prevention Immunization		Unit 4 Poverty: Breeding ground for disease QUESTIONS AND ACTIVITIES Name three ways in which poverty makes people more vulnerable to infectious diseases. Describe how this is so. Do you think the link between poverty and disease is a medical or social problem? Justify your answer. Do you think the solution to the problem of poverty and disease is medical or social? Justify your answer with examples. Use illustrations to express the vicious cycle of poverty and malnutrition and disease as described in the text. From what you know about the transmission of diseases, argue a case for the following statement: "On the threshold of the 21st century, the problem of poverty and infectious diseases can no longer be viewed as a problem limited to poor people or poor countries." Oral Rehydration Therapy has saved the lives of many children who were afflicted with severe diarrhoeal diseases. You can try making your own Oral Rehydration drink: Take 1 litre of tap water Make sure you boil it to get rid of microbes Mix in two teaspoons of sugar or honey Add a quarter of a teaspoon of salt Add a quarter of a teaspoon of baking soda (if you do not have baking soda, use salt again) If available, add half a cup of orange juice or coconut water or a little mashed ripe banana
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