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1
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What does AIDS stand for?

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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

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What does HIV stand for?

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus

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Name five widespread illnesses (C19 not included).

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Malaria, tuberculosis, diarrhoea, HIV and AIDS.

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In countries where diseases are rampant, death rates are _____.

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High

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________ of people die each year from diseases such as ______, _____, _____, _____ and __________.

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Millions

Malaria, tuberculosis, diarrhoea, HIV and AIDS.

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What is an epidemic?

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A disease epidemic can cause the death rate of a country to rise. An epidemic happens on a local scale such as a region or a country.

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What is a pandemic?

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A pandemic is an epidemic, just on a worldwide scale, or if the disease epidemic spreads to other countries.

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Give an example of a pandemic (this is incredibly easy)

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Coronavirus, or COVID19. 😒

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How many deaths is Malaria responsible for on average each year?

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Nearly one million deaths.

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How is Malaria transmitted?

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Through a bite of infected mosquitoes.

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Fill in the blank.

Nearly ___% of people who die from Malaria are young children who die as a result of a high fever.

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90

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What does Malaria cause?

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High fever, liver damage, and breathing problems.

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Fill in the blank.

HIV and AIDS affect the _____ ______.

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Immune system.

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Because HIV and AIDS affect the immune system, they leave people _________________________________.

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vulnerable to contracting fatal diseases

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In SA, it is estimated that ___% of the country’s population is HIV positive.

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10

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The largest % of HIV cases are amongst people aged ____ and ______.

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15 and 49.

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17
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Are more women or men HIV positive.

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Women

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18
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How does AIDS affect birth rates?

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Women suffering with AIDS will be more unlikely to fall pregnant. This will cause the birth rate to decrease.

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Fill in the blank.

Infection with HIV usually leads to ____.

A

AIDS

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20
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Choose the correct answer.

HIV is not very/very contagious.

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Very

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21
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How many people are infected with HIV every day (on average)?

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7000, almost 300 an hour.

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22
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HIV can be transmitted through…

Give 3 examples.

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Body fluids, such as semen, breast milk, and blood

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23
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Choose the correct answer.

It can be very/not at all obvious when a person has HIV.

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Not at all

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What is the name given to the range of diseases that eventually can’t be controlled?

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“Full-Blown AIDS”

25
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Fill in the blank.

A person infected by HIV will find that their ________________________ will drop as the virus multiplies in the body.

A

CD4 count (immune system count)

26
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What is your CD4 count?

A

Immune system count.

27
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Fill in the blank.

The most common form of HIV transmission in Africa is _________________.

A

unprotected sexual intercourse

28
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What can medicines do for a HIV positive person?

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Medicine are able to treat the diseases’ symptoms and keep the CD4 count up but it can not cure the disease.

29
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Approximately how many people in the world now live with HIV and AIDS?

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35 million.

30
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In the 30 years between 1981 and 2011, how many people have died from HIV and AIDS-related causes?

A

Some 30 million.

31
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Fill in the blank.

Tuberculosis is caused by bacteria that generally affects people’s _____.

A

Lungs

32
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Can TB be cured?

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Yes! there is proper medication, or prevented with vaccinations.

33
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How many people died from TB in 2010?

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1.4 million.

34
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Fill in the blank.

Without proper treatment, ____ out of three people infected with TB will die.

A

2

35
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What are two main reasons for the spread of TB?

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Poverty, and HIV.

36
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How does living in an overcrowded area affect the spread of disease?

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Diseases, especially those like TB (which are transferred through droplets in the air) spread a lot more easily when more people are closer together.

37
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About how many children die in Africa every day from diarrhoea?

A

2000

38
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Fill in the blank.

Diarrhoea is a symptom of __________.

A

Gastroenteritis.

39
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Name 3 diseases related to diarrhoea.

A

Cholera, dysentery and typhoid.

40
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Fill in the blank.

Pneumonia is a lung disease spread mostly by ____ and ________ in the droplets released when people sneeze or cough.

A

viruses

bacteria

41
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Fill in the blank.

Pneumonia treatment can cure ______% of patients.

A

79

42
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just make this card a 5 cuz why not

A

-

43
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The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, reaching its peak in Europe in _____ and ______.

A

1348 and 1350

44
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Where was the Black Death thought to have started?

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In China.

45
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How was the Black Death spread?

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It was spread because of rats hiding among the grain on ships. Fleas on the rats carried the virus and infected people by biting them.

46
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How did the Black Death affect the population of Europe between 1347 and 1351?

A

It is decreased the population of Europe two thirds.

47
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What are the symptoms of the Black Death?

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The symptoms included: Enlarged and inflamed armpits, neck and groin. Also headaches, nausea, aching joints, high fevers and a general feeling of illness.
H A N G E H

48
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About how many people died of the Black Death worldwide over 200 years?

A

About 100 million.

49
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Between which years did the Black Death kill two thirds of the population of Europe?

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1347 and 1351.

50
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Was the Black Death a pandemic or an epidemic?

A

Pandemic- definitely.

51
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Fill in the blank.

The smallpox came to the cape in ____ and soon became an ______.

A

1713

Epidemic.

52
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Fill in the blank.

The smallpox virus was thought to have been brought to the South Africa by the _________________________.

A

The crew on a Dutch ship.

53
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Fill in the blank.

The Khoisan suffered the most from the Smallpox virus, losing almost ___% of their population.

A

90

54
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Fill in the blank.

Small pox is a ____ contagious disease.

A

Highly

55
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True or false:

Smallpox is very, very easy to catch and is very contagious.

A

True

56
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What are the symptoms of smallpox?

A

A high fever, skin covered in sores filled with pus.

57
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Fill in the blank.

A smallpox _____ was developed.

A

vaccine

58
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What is a vaccine?

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A vaccine is a medicine made of the germs of a virus that causes disease, and it is injected into the skin to prevent the person from getting the virus.

59
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Discuss how the widespread prevalence of HIV and Aids in southern and Central Africa are causing a sharp rise in the death rate and a decline in the birth rate.

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The prevalence of HIV and Aids is causing a sharp rise in the death rate in affected countries. The largest percentage of HIV positive cases are among people aged between 15 and 49. More women than men are HIV positive. This will birth rate to decline, as women suffering Aids-related illnesses will be unlikely to fall pregnant. Also an increase in the death rate of women of childbearing age will lead to a decreased birth rate for that country.

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