1. SCIENCE
CLASS SIX
TEACHER CECILIA

2. COMMON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
HEALTH EDUCTAION
COMMON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

3. COMMON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Diseases which can be passed from one person to another are known as communicable diseases.
Examples of communicable diseases are:
malaria
tuberculosis
common cold and thyphoid.

4. CAUSES OF
MALARIA

5. MALARIA
Malaria is caused by some small parasite which feed on the red blood cells of the human body
The malaria causing parasite are passed from one person to another through mosquito bites.
In this way, malaria is passed from one person to the other.

6. Mosquito before biting

8. Signs and symptoms of malaria.
Rise in body temperature.
Shivering followed by sweating.
Headache
Pain in the joints
Body becomes weak
Vomiting
Loss of appetite
Diarhoea

9. Signs and symptoms of malaria
Lack of enough blood in the body which may cause anemia..
Dehydration of the body.

10. Prevention of malaria
Sleeping under mosquito net. The net should preferably be treated with an insecticide which kills or repels mosquitoes.
Draining unwanted stagnant water which provides a breeding place for mosquitoes.
Clearing away cans and polythene bags which may contain stagnant water.
People who are visiting places with a lot of mosquitoes should take malarial preventive drugs.

11. ACTIVITY
Diseases which can be passed from one person to the orther are called……………………………………………..
Examples of communicable diseases are;-
Malaria is caused by some small parasites which feed on ………………….
Of the human body.
The………………………………are passed from one person to another through mosquitoes.
Malaria is passed from one person to the other through………………….

12. CONCLUSION
Prevention is better than cure
Malaria kills
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