The World Health Organisation (WHO) was founded on 7 April 1948 and is the United Nations agency that connects nations, partners and people so everyone, everywhere can attain the highest level of health.

These resources can be used with secondary-aged students to explore a range of ways in which we can keep healthy, common diseases and their risk factors and treatment, and the importance of lifestyle in determining good health.

 

 

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Keeping Healthy

This topic, from the Association for Science Education, is designed to allow classes in schools across the world to explore and exchange information about common diseases, their treatment and the importance of lifestyle in determining good health.

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Good and Ill Health

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

  • Recall that people have both physical health and mental health, which can range from good to ill.

  • Identify factors associated with good and ill physical health in...

Disease

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

  • Recall that the good health of all organisms can be compromised by diseases.

  • Recall that diseases can be caused by germs, lifestyle, environment or information in the...

Pathogens

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

  • Recall that ‘germs’ are disease-causing microorganisms also known as pathogens, including bacteria, fungi and viruses.
  • Recall that pathogens cause some but not all diseases in...

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