Syllabus content and objectives
Official JAMB Biology outline · C: Ecology
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Common and endemic diseases and easily transmissible diseases and syndromes, including poliomyelitis, cholera, tuberculosis and sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhoea, syphilis and AIDS. Other diseases include malaria, meningitis, dracunculiasis, schistosomiasis, onchocerciasis and typhoid fever.
Objective
Identify ecological conditions favouring the spread of common, endemic and potentially epidemic diseases; relate the biology of disease vectors or causative agents to disease spread and control; use knowledge of causative organisms, transmission modes and symptoms to explain prevention, treatment and control; apply inoculation and vaccination principles to disease prevention.
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Drug abuse, drug addiction, commonly abused drugs and prevention of drug abuse.
Objective
Define drug abuse and addiction; list commonly abused drugs; state the effects of drug abuse on human health; explain methods of preventing drug abuse.
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Pollution and its control: sources, types, effects and control methods for air, water and soil pollution; sanitation and sewage; solid-waste disposal, community health and personal hygiene.
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Categorize pollution into air, water and soil pollution; relate common pollutants to human health and environmental degradation; determine methods of controlling pollutants; explain the importance of sanitation, solid-waste and sewage disposal, community health and personal hygiene.
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Roles of national and international health agencies, including the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), International Red Cross Society (IRCS), and ministries of health and environment.
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Assess the roles and functions of national and international health agencies in health promotion and disease control.
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Conservation of renewable and non-renewable natural resources; environmental protection for present and future generations; prevention of desertification; national and international conservation bodies, including Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), Federal Ministry of Environment, Nigeria National Parks, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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Apply methods of conserving renewable and non-renewable resources; outline the benefits of conservation and prevention of desertification; identify national and international conservation bodies and describe their activities.
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Game reserves and national parks in Nigeria: their locations and importance.
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Identify and state the locations and importance of game reserves and national parks in Nigeria.
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