Lesson 1 ·Class 9 · Health Organisations · Match Lab
Health Problems in India
What causes what.
Match each public-health problem to its main underlying cause.
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India carries a double burden — infectious disease from poor sanitation, and lifestyle disease from changing habits.
What this lesson covers
Challenges to clear
- Match every problem to its cause.
- Connect malaria and dengue staying common to the condition behind them.
The task
Match each public-health problem to its main underlying cause.
What this lesson covers
- High rates of cholera, typhoid and diarrhoea — Unsafe drinking water and inadequate sanitation (All spread by the faecal-oral route, so both must be fixed together.)
- Widespread anaemia and stunted growth in children — Malnutrition — too little protein, iron and vitamins (It also weakens immunity, so children fall ill more often.)
- Overcrowded housing and strain on hospitals — Rapid population growth outpacing services (Crowding also speeds the spread of airborne disease.)
- Malaria, dengue and filariasis remaining common — Stagnant water and poor drainage letting mosquitoes breed (Which is why drainage is a health measure, not just a civic one.)
- Home remedies preferred over medical treatment — Low health literacy and lack of awareness (Delayed treatment turns manageable illness into serious illness.)
- Rising diabetes, heart disease and obesity in cities — Changed diet, less physical activity and more stress (Non-communicable disease now sits alongside infectious disease — a double burden.)
- High rates of oral and lung cancer — Widespread use of tobacco, chewed and smoked (Almost entirely preventable, which is what makes it so significant.)
Hint
India carries a double burden — infectious disease from poor sanitation, and lifestyle disease from changing habits.