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Simple Precautions Can Prevent Malaria
This is a short story about how a group of people got together to fight malaria in their village. Their village was plagued with malaria. Malaria was making everyone sick. They had fevers. Their joints were sore. They had diarrhoea and stomach aches. Sometimes they vomited. Everyone knew these symptoms of malaria but not everyone…
How to Treat a Fever
A fever is a sign that someone is sick. You need to treat a fever. You also need to find out what is causing the sickness. Treating a fever is the same for every disease. But the treatment for the many diseases that cause a fever are different. This is why a person must go…
A Nutritious Baby Food You Can Make
You probably know that the best possible food for your baby during the first four to six months of life is your own breast milk. Your milk has all the good things in it that your baby needs to grow and stay healthy. As your baby grows, the time will come when she needs more…
Home care for people with AIDS
By the year 2000, scientists estimate that close to forty million people will be infected with HIV, the virus that leads to AIDS. There is the chance that someone you know or someone very close to you will get this disease. Even today, in many places, local health services cannot cope with the number of…
Aids Part 5: More than a game
Characters: Adam (soccer player whose brother is infected with HIV) Coach Teacher Gordon ‑ Tigers team member Sidney ‑ Tigers team member Adam’s Mother Tigers ‑ hometeam/Adam’s team Bandits ‑ visiting team Narrator SCENE: SCHOOLYARD SOCCER PRACTICE Coach:(BLOWING WHISTLE)Everybody gather around. On Saturday we are going to win the game. The way to…
How much soil are you losing?
Save and edit this resource as a Word document. A farmer in Guatemala suggests a small experiment to calculate approximately how much land we lose to soil erosion every year. Soil erosion losses vary from field to field, so this experiment does not indicate exact losses. Some soils are resistant to erosion, some streams cause…
Good sanitation can help control bilharzia (schistosomiasis)
Save and edit this resource as a Word document. With a better understanding of bilharzia everyone in your village can learn how to control it. Bilharzia is a disease which comes from flat worms called flukes. These flat worms spent part of their life in snails and the other part in people. They burrow through your skin when…
Vaccinations protect your children from six serious diseases
Save and edit this resource as a Word document. When your baby is sick you take care of her. But, you can stop your baby from getting sick in the first place by vaccinating her against certain diseases. Vaccinations protect our babies from disease. You may recognize some of the diseases we can vaccinate our…
Anemia, A Sickness of the Blood
Have you felt weak or dizzy lately? Does even a little bit of work make you tired or breathless? These are just a few of the symptoms of a sickness called anemia. But feeling fatigued does not have to be a normal part of your life. You get anemia mainly from not having enough of…
AIDS Part 4: Ali’s Special Friend
There was once a little boy named Ali who lived in a small village with his mother and father. His days were spent helping his father in the fields. At night, after dinner, he would sit with his family outside their front door and talk. His house was small but comfortable. Next door lived a…