Definitions
This word is defined as "A disease outbreak that spreads across countries or continents affecting many people"
What is Pandemic
Which pandemic led to widespread lockdowns and introduced the term “social distancing”?
What is Covid19
The year Polio was eliminated from the Americas
What is 1994?
What HIV stands for
What is Human Immunodeficiency Virus?
This component of wellbeing can be preserved with proper hygiene and isolation
What is Physical Health
This word is defined as "A disease that exists permanently in a particular region or population"
What is Endemic
Which pandemic between 1918 and 1919 infected one-third of the world’s population and caused millions of deaths?
What is Spanish flu/ Influenza
The machines used to help Polio patients breathe
What is the Iron Lung?
The average amount of time for HIV to progress to AIDS
What takes 8 years?
This component of wellbeing can be preserved by coping with stress
What is Mental Health
This word is defined as "A sudden outbreak of a disease within a specific region or community"
What is Epidemic
Which disease required some survivors to live in “iron lungs” to help them breathe?
What is Polio
The year the Polio vaccine was founded
What is 1955?
The syndrome that causes AIDS patients to lose muscle and fat
What is wasting syndrome?
This component of wellbeing includes healthy environment and support
What is Social Health
This term is defined as "Health measures and actions taken to prevent diseases before they occur, such as vaccination and monitoring"
What is Preventative Healthcare
Which disease left survivors with lifelong scars and sometimes blindness, and killed about 3 in 10 infected people?
What is Smallpox
the cause of death for Polio
what is paralysis of lung muscles
The average life expectancy of untreated AIDS
What is 10-15 years?
This component of wellbeing includes vaccination and monitoring
What is Preventative Care
This term is defined as "Confidence in health authorities and government decisions, based on transparency, honesty, and effective communication"
What is Public Trust
Which disease is caused by a virus that attacks the immune system, leading to AIDS if untreated?
What is HIV
The amount of kids paralyzed by Polio yearly (before vaccine)
What is 16,000 children?
The effect of AIDS on the immune system
what is low white blood cell count?