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  • Name 4 cause of HIV/AIDS.
    Drug users sharing needles, unprotected sex, babies drinking infected breast milk, infected blood transfusions.
  • Name 3 ways to control HIV/ AIDS.
    Screening blood transfusions and use of ARV drugs.
  • What does HIV stand for?
    Human Immunodeficiency Virus
  • Name 3 cause of malaria.
    Areas of vegetation for shade, paddy fields for stagnant water and exposed skin.
  • What are 3 cause of heart disease?
    Poor diet, lack exercise and smoking.
  • What percentage of humidity has to be present to spread malaria?
    60% and above
  • Name 2 effects of HIV.
    Higher death rate and decrease of tourism in the country.
  • Name 2 ways heart disease can be controlled.
    Medical check ups, medicine such as beta blockers.
  • What temperature range does malaria spread in?
    15 to 40 degrees
  • Name tow countries which have high cases of Malaria.
    Chad, Uganda
  • How does this image help control malaria?
    Mosquito net stops people being bitten.
  • What does ARV drugs stand for?
    Anti- Retroviral Drugs
  • Name a human cause and a physical cause of malaria.
    Exposed skin and areas of shade from buildings.
  • How does this image help to control malaria?
    Coconuts are injected with BTI bacteria and the poison kills the larvae.
  • What is heart disease?
    When arteries become narrowed by fat making it difficult for blood to pass through.
  • Name 2 symptoms of malaria.
    Fever and nausea.
  • What mosquito spread malaria?
    Female anopheles.
  • Name 3 symptoms of malaria.
    Headache, fever, muscle aches.
  • Name 3 effects of malaria.
    People become unable to work, leading to no food, leading to malnutrition and starvation.
  • Name 3 effects of heart disease on the country.
    Puts strain on the NHS, extra stress on health benefits, lowers the life expectancy.
  • What body fluids can HIV NOT be transmitted by?
    Saliva, urine and sweat.