Ques: Give in detail about ' Health & Hygiene ' under following topic:
1) communicable or infectious diseases
Note : topic can be presented in the form flowchart a tabular form.
A communicable disease is one that is spread from one person to another through a variety of ways that include: contact with blood and bodily fluids; breathing in an airborne virus; or by being bitten by an insect.
Reporting of cases of communicable disease is important in the planning and evaluation of disease prevention and control programs, in the assurance of appropriate medical therapy, and in the detection of common-source outbreaks. California law mandates healthcare providers and laboratories to report over 80 diseases or conditions to their local health department. Some examples of the reportable communicable diseases include Hepatitis A, B & C, influenza, measles, and salmonella and other food borne illnesses.
How do these communicable diseases spread?How these diseases spread depends on the specific disease or infectious agent. Some ways in which communicable diseases spread are by: