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unit Environmental Health
7 and Diseases

Estimated Teaching Periods: 18

Learning Outcomes
Learning Objectives
After completing the study of this unit, students will be able to:
i. introduce communicable and non-communicable diseases.
ii. differentiate between communicable and non-communicable diseases.
iii. describe the major causes and modes of transmission of communicable diseases.
iv. state the causes, major symptoms and preventive and control measures of communicable diseases.

Course Outline

7.1 Concept of disease
7.2 Types of diseases
– Communicable diseases
– Non-communicable diseases
7.3 Cycle of communicable diseases
7.4 Causes and modes of transmission of communicable diseases
7.5 Some major communicable diseases
– Food and water borne diseases
– Airborne diseases
7.6 Some non-communicable diseases
7.7 Environmentally infectious diseases

Glossary

infection : a disease caused by germs that enter the body
curse : a cause of trouble or bad luck
rabid : affected with rabies
narcotic : a drug (such as cocaine, heroin or marijuana) that affects the brain and that
is usually dangerous and illegal
hypertension : abnormally high blood pressure
susceptible : easily affected, influenced or harmed by something
dehydration : an abnormal depletion of body fluids
nausea : the feeling you have in your stomach when you think you are going to
vomit

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