AY Honors/Prevention of Tropical Diseases/Requirements
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Prevention of Tropical Diseases
Skill Level
2
Year
2012
Version
24.12.2024
Approval authority
South American Division
1. Answer the following questions:
- a. What are tropical diseases?
- b. List at least five common tropical diseases in your region.
2. Research and explain the following diseases, including: transmission, signs and symptoms, treatment, how to prevent and combat them:
- a. Malaria
- b. Yellow fever
- c. Leishmaniasis
- d. Dengue
- e. Chagas disease
3. Explain how to remove the following deposits of accumulated water, avoiding the proliferation of mosquitoes:
- a. Tires
- b. Bottles
- c. Animal feeders
- d. Water tanks
- e. Bromeliads or plants that accumulate water
- f. Flower pots
- g. Tubs
- h. Gutters
- i. Lids, cans and small disposable bowls
- j. External refrigerator tray
4. Complete the following tasks:
- a. Participate, together with your club, unit, or school, in a campaign against dengue in your neighborhood.
- b. Collect containers that can accumulate water in plazas and streets in your community, and eliminate them correctly.
- c. Acquire informational brochures about the main tropical diseases and distribute them in your neighborhood or school.
- d. Correctly eliminate the trash in your home for a week.
- e. Help an elderly person in your neighborhood free from deposits that accumulate water, carrying out the following tasks:
- i. Teach how to maintain the home free from possible focus point for mosquitoes.
- ii. Inform about care and symptoms of the researched diseases.
- iii. Clean the home, collect and eliminate unusable deposits.
5. With the help of your counselor, make a presentation, debate or skit for your club or unit about tropical diseases studied in this honor.