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Ways Of Eradicating Communicable Diseases Among Primary School Pupils In Ovia North East Local Government Area Of Edo State
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SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The
study is exclusively limited to the effects of common communicable
disease on the educational attainment of primary school pupils in Ikpoba
OkhaLocal Government Area of Edo State. It is possible to cover all
communicable disease within a short time, consequent upon this, the
study is limited to the following disease; measles, ringworm, and
cholera.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
The following terms were used in this
research work, many have different meaning to many people in different
fields but for the purpose of this study. The meanings of these terms
are as follows.
Communicable diseases: They are the disease which are passed from one person to another through water, air, dust etc.
Non-communicable diseases: These are disease that cannot be spread through personal contact, water, dust, air, etc.
Immunity: This is the ability or power possessed by children to resist infection.
Dehydration: This is loss of water and dissolved salt from the body.
Immunization:
This is a form of disease prevention involving the injection of a
vaccine or an antiserum into the body of an organism in other to protect
the organism from attack by a diseases.
Vaccination: This is a form
of disease prevention involving the administration of antigenic vaccine
to stimulate the immune system of an individual to develop adaptive
immunity to a disease.
Lumps: This is an infectious disease
characterized by the swelling of the neck and the cheek due to the
inflammation of the parotid glands at the junction of the neck and the
lower jaws.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This project work was designed to find out the communicable diseases among primary school pupils in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area. Communicable diseases are very common among primary pupils. Communicable diseases could be contacted and have effects in primary school pupils, which may include deformity and poor academic performance. Immunization can be used to control the spread of communicable diseases among school pupils. ... Continue reading---
