Communicable diseases

• What is a communicable disease?

  A type of disease that can be spread from one person to the other
• How do communicable diseases spread?

  Air (coughing/ sneezing), Contaminated food or water (cholera/ salmonella), Direct contact (athletes foot), vectors (mosquitos)
• How can communicable diseases be prevented?

  Be hygenic (wash hands and clean), Kill vectors (spread insecticides), Vaccinations, quarentine