Syllabus content and objectives
Official WAEC Health Education / Health Science outline · Section C: Substance Education, Diseases, Family Life, Mental Health & Consumer Health
Content
Drug abuse consequences, tobacco/alcohol health effects, air/water/insect/contact communicable diseases, deficiency and cellular non-communicable diseases, reproductive system anatomy, conception/birth, family planning methods, population education, emotional/mental health traits, consumer health laws, quackery, and nostrums
Objective
Evaluate drug misuse, self-medication, and health effects of tobacco and alcohol; analyze causes, vectors, life cycles, and prevention of communicable diseases (malaria, TB, cholera, worms, STIs/AIDS) and non-communicable diseases (deficiencies, cancer, diabetes, hypertension); detail human reproductive anatomy, menstrual cycle, birth control, safe motherhood, and population education; promote emotional/mental health; evaluate consumer health protection laws, orthodox vs traditional healthcare services, quackery dangers, health insurance, and nostrums.
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