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Task 1 (P)
Assessment by oral presentation and discussion within a small group setting (you can produce a resource of
your choice to help you)
For the disease that you have researched:
a) Be able to describe how the diseases affects the individual (e
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symptoms, lifestyle
changes, mental wellbeing, economic wellbeing, social wellbeing, chronic or acute nature of the
disease)
b) Be able to describe the effect of disease on society (think about the impact on the working
population, cost of treatment on the health care budget etc
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7 million people living with HIV in 2013
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Outline the effects on the individual

This HIV pandemic has had a profound impact on individual’s psychosocial aspects of life
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Individuals are also confronted with prolonged uncertainty about their lives and as a result
experienced intense, constant fear of disclosure of the illness and being rejected by society
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However, it was estimated that the
south African economy will be 20% smaller in 2010 than it would have been without HIV
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 Explain the effects of an Ebola outbreak on the people and local communities affected
There has been a great amount of children in Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone that have lost one or both
parents to Ebola since the outbreak in West Africa
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Outline the effects on the well-being of the person including the health implications of the
disease (this should include an explanation of the symptoms, the short term effects and the
long term recovery)
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This means it attacks every organ and tissue of the body except
skeletal muscles and bones
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The Ebola virus
attacks connective tissue multiplying rapidly in collagen
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Small blood clots are formed in the bloodstream caused by the virus within
the patient, causing the blood thickens and blood flow slows down
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Compare the length of time the disease will affect the person

Task 3 – Write a report for a newspaper or website (D)
Compare the predicted effects of obesity and type II diabetes on the people and communities in the UK over
the next twenty years with the effect of HIV on sub-Saharan Africa that you outlined in your answer above
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Diabetes and Obesity are common sicknesses in the UK, as most people suffer from one of the two
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Obesity is such a common problem that every four adults and one in every five children between 10 and 11
will be affected within the UK
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Let alone any hidden health conditions that add/give to weight gain, for example
underactive thyroid gland is a health condition that could increase chances of being very overweight
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It's been guessed more than 1 in 16 people will have diabetes whether they
are healthy or not in the UK
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This can affect the people in
the community as children from a young as 12 who has diabetes could lose their eye sight creating feelings
that there is no hope for both family and friends, also depression for the child
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In almost the same way, to HIV infected people as having HIV carries a strong mark of shame and can also
influence relationships with friends and families as people in the community may insult or label the individual
based on them being infected with the disease
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IMPACT OF DISEASES

REFERNECES
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UN News Service Section, "UN News - Powerful Effects of Ebola Outbreak Felt Outside WorstAffected Countries, UN Report Finds"
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E-International Relations, "The Ebola Virus Disease: Problems, Consequences, Causes, And
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3 Mar
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Umberson, D
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"Social Relationships and Health: A Flashpoint for Health Policy"
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1 Supple (2010): S54-S66
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Wikipedia, "Workforce"
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