Question

1. What is the communicable disease that in your opinion, our community should be most concern with?

2. Who does it currently affect, who is the burden on?

3. How can we address and prevent the issue?

Answer 1

1. According to me the communicable disease about which our community should be most concerned of is Tuberculosis .

2. It mostly and currently affects the low socioeconomic status group in the community who lives in the slums ,who are malnourished ,lives in over crowded areas ,don't have a proper sanitation ,drinking water facilities and availability of health care services .

3. We can prevent this by the following steps :-

- making availability of proper living conditions including drinking water , sanitation etc .

- provision of health care services which are easily accessible and affordable

- providing health education to the population about the disease and it's prevention method

- teaching them when to reach a physician and what are the sign and symptoms of the disease

- provision of proper nutrition to the children who are malnourished by the help of government and NGO's

- Teaching the population about hygiene and how to maintain cleanliness like hand washing , using handkerchief while sneezing or coughing etc

- Making them aware of the immunization required for the proper growth and development and to avoid infection

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