Health issues

Question 1

Outline the impact of one infectious disease on the lifestyle of the people affected. 5 marks

Answer 1

HIV/AIDS is likely to be dominant, malaria, flu probably also.
Impacts are relatively generic and likely to include ill-health; reduced life expectancy; access to treatment depending on location; inability to work; dependent on other members of family/state; may be reference to discrimination, people’s attitudes to certain diseases.