Communicable diseases ii. define communicable disease and state

Contents & notes: what this topic covers

Under Communicable diseases ii. define communicable disease and state, the JAMB Physical and Health Education syllabus expects you to study:

• 2. Communicable diseases a. Definition b. Classification of communicable diseases i i. Air-borne/Respiratory diseases –measles, whooping cough, poliomyelitis, tuberculosis and cerebro-spinal meningitis;
• ii. Water/Food-borne diseases –dysentery, cholera, typhoid fever;
• iii. Insect-borne diseases –malaria, yellow fever, trypanosomiasis;
• iv. Worm infections –ascaris lumblicoides (tape worm), ancylastomaduodenale (hook worm), dracunculusmedinensis (guinea worm);
• v. Animal-borne diseases –rabies, leptospirosis;
• vi. Contact diseases –gonorrhoea, syphilis, taeniacapitis (ring worm), leprosy, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) vii. Presentation and control measures – immunization, sterilization, isolation 3.
• Non-communicable diseases a. Definition b. Diseases –hypertension, sickle cell, cancer, epilepsy, ulcer, asthma, diabetes.
• SECTION L: FAMILY LIFE AND HUMAN SEXUALITY EDUCATION S/N TOPICS/CONTENTS/NOTES

Study notes & guidance

Study Communicable diseases ii. define communicable disease and state using a recommended Physical and Health Education textbook that follows the JAMB syllabus. Work through the contents listed above one by one, make brief notes in your own words, and then practise as many questions on this topic as you can — in Physical and Health Education, understanding and steady practice matter far more than memorising. Use the objectives below as a checklist: if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.

Objectives — candidates should be able to

After studying Communicable diseases ii. define communicable disease and state, you should be able to:

1. Define communicable disease and state its classification with examples;
2. Highlight the prevention and control measures of communicable diseases.
3. Define non-communicable diseases with examples;
4. Highlight the prevention and control measures of non-communicable diseases. OBJECTIVES

These objectives are from the official JAMB syllabus. Use them as a checklist — if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.

Source: official JAMB UTME Physical and Health Education syllabus (IBASS, jamb.gov.ng). Reproduced for study use. Last checked: 17 Sept 2026. Always confirm the current syllabus on the official portal.