GOOD AFTERNOON

GRADE 8 STUDENTS!
 We are your teachers
for today!

Marianne Belle Gasmen Eunhel Garcia Alliah Elevazo

Review
FIX
ME!
 Arrange the jumbled letters
to get the correct word based
on the given description.
1. It limits the volume and travel
distance of expiratory droplets
dispersed when talking, breathing,
and coughing.

KEMFASCA
Face Mask
 2. It is one of the best ways to
remove germs, avoid getting sick,
and prevent the spread of germs
to others.

NAHD IGWAHSN
Hand Washing
3. It is the executive department of
the government of the Philippines
responsible for ensuring access to
basic public health services by all
Filipinos.

TPENTARDME
FO LHATEH
Department
of health
4. It is a process by which a
person becomes protected
against a disease through
vaccination.

MITAZMOINUNI
immunization
 5. It is an infectious disease
caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

ORCOAN
SVRIU
Corona Virus
 6. It is an 'illness or sickness
characterized by specific signs
or symptoms'.

SADEESI
Disease
7. It is the act of stopping
something or ensuring
something does not happen.

NOTIVREPEN
Prevention
8. It is a common reflex action
that clears your throat of
mucus or foreign irritants.

GONGCHUI
coughing
 9. It is a viral infection
transmitted to humans
through the bite of infected
mosquitoes.

UEDGEN
Dengue
10. A disease that spread from
one person to another
through a variety of ways.

MIMUCLECONBA
ISEDEAS
Communicable
Disease
PREVENTION
OF
COMMUNICABLE
DISEASES
Objectives:
a. identifies different strategies to
prevent communicable diseases.
b. promotes programs and policies to
prevent and control communicable
diseases
c. demonstrates self-monitoring skills to
prevent communicable diseases
PREVENTION
the action of stopping something
from happening or arising.
 communicable diseases
also known as infectious diseases or transmissible
diseases, are illnesses that result from the
infection, presence and growth of pathogenic
(capable of causing disease) biologic agents in an
individual human or other animal host.
Disease Prevention strategies
There is no single intervention that can
completely prevent the transmission of
communicable diseases. Multiple strategies both
medical and non-medical should be
implemented.
A. Face Mask
The mask limits the spread of
respiratory pathogens. Sick person
with respiratory symptoms is advised
to stay at home. If they go out in public,
it is best that the sick person wears a
face mask.
1. Cover the mouth and nose when
coughing or sneezing.

2. Use tissues and dispose them

properly in the nearest waste receptacle.

3. Wash your hands after coughing or

sneezing and when holding
contaminated objects.
B. Handwashing
Handwashing is an important strategy
to stop spreading pathogens and
avoid getting sick. Many diseases such
as diarrhea and flu are spread by not
washing the hands. Handwashing may
be done using soap and water or using
alcohol-based hand rub.
Wash your hands during these times.
Wash your hands during these times.
1. before, during and after food preparation
2. before and after eating
3. before and after caring for a sick person
4. after using the toilet
5. after touching garbage
6. after blowing you nose, coughing
or sneezing
7. after touching an animal or animal waste
C. Immunization
This is the most cost-effective disease
prevention strategy. It is usually done
though vaccination to strengthen the
immune system against infectious
diseases.
D. Vector Control
Mosquito eggs are laid near water
because it is needed for the larvae to
survive. Remove any standing water.
Empty, clean, scrub and turn over items
that hold water like tires, pots, vases
and buckets.
 PROGRAMS OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
(DOH)
The following are the programs
monitored by the DOH for the
prevention of communicable
diseases.
1. Doctors to the Barrios,
nurses or Rural Health Midwife
aims to deploy health
professionals to doctorless
municipalities.
2. Community Health Team (composed of
midwives and barangay health workers)
is in charge of immunizing, dispensing
medicines and vitamin supplements and
awareness campaigns for maternal and
child health.
3. Expanded Program on
Immunization mandates basic
immunization to all qualified
children.
4. National TB Control Program aims
to reduce TB by decreasing mortality
rate and incidence by 2035. It
implements Directly Observed
Treatment where health care workers
observe patients as the take their
medicine.
5. National HIV, AIDS, STI
Prevention and Control
Program aims to reduce the
transmission of HIV and
sexually transmitted infections
through information programs.
Complete the diagram below:

Covid 19'
Prevention
Stategies
ASSIGNMENT:
Make a one (1) minute video doing the proper
way of hand washing or the proper way
covering your mouth when you are coughing.
Thank you
grade 8!
STAY SAFE AND GODBLESS