This document discusses communicable diseases and provides examples. It defines communicable diseases as infectious diseases that can pass from one person to another through pathogens. The document lists several major types of pathogens that cause communicable diseases including bacteria, viruses, and protozoa. Examples of common diseases caused by each type of pathogen are given such as cholera, HIV/AIDS, and malaria. Finally, the document outlines some key ways to prevent the spread of communicable diseases, including washing hands, vaccinations, isolating those infected, and maintaining proper sanitation.

1. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
PRASHANT MEHTA, Ph.D.
EDU. STRATEGY CONSULTANT
EMAIL: prashantmehta1@rediffmail.com

2. DISEASE
It is a term for an abnormal
condition that impairs the normal
functioning of the body

3. TYPES OF DISEASE
Types
of Diseases
Infectious / Communicable Diseases
Non Infectious / Non Communicable Diseases
Deficiency Diseases
Hereditary Diseases
Physiological Diseases
Degenerative Diseases

4. DISEASE CAUSES
DISCOMFORT DYSFUNCTION DISTRESS
DISABILITY SYNDROMES INFECTIONS
VARIATION IN
STRUCTURE
OF ORGANS
VARIATION IN
FUNCTION OF
ORGANS
DEATH

5. COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
These are infectious disease capable of
passing from one person to another.
Communicable diseases are caused by
pathogens passed from one human to
another.

8. FACTORS AFFECTING
RISK OF INFECTION
Age Hereditary
Levels of
Stress
Nutritional
Status
Current
Medical
Therapy
Pre-existing
Disease
Immunization
Status

9. PATHOGENS

10. DISEASE CAUSED BY BACTERIA
• CHOLERA
• TYPHOID
• LEPROSY
• PLAGUE
• TETANUS
• ANTHRAX
• TUBERCLOSIS
• WHOOPING COUGH
• DIPTHERIA
• PNEUMONIA
• DIARRHOEAL DISEASES
BACTERIAL
DISEASES

11. DISEASE CAUSED BY VIRUS
• HIV / AIDS
• CHIKEN POX
• COMMON COLD
• HEPATITIS
• MEASLES
• MENINGITIS
• RABIES
• ROTAVIRUS
• FLU
• POLIO
• INFLUENZA
VIRAL
DISEASES

12. DISEASE CAUSED BY PROTOZOA
• AMOEBIASIS
• KALA-AZAR
• MALARIA
• AFRICAN SLEEPING
SICKNESS
• CILIARY DYSENTARY
PROTOZOAN
DISEASES

13. PREVENT COMMUNICABLE
DISEASES
WASH HANDS GET VACCINATED
DON’T SHARE
PERSONAL ITEMS
STAY AT HOME IF
YOU HAVE SIGN OR
SYMPTONS OF
INFECTION
TAKE PRESCRIBED
MEDICIATIONS
EAT HEALTY DIET
CONTROL VECTORS
PRACTICE PROPER
SANITATION
ENSURE CLEAN
WATER SUPPLY