How does the body stay healthy?
How are infectious diseases caught?
The body’s response to infectious diseases
How infections have effected society and the changing ideas in society brought about by science
How vaccines were discovered and developed
How do vaccines work?
The ethics of testing and developing vaccines
The impact of immunisation in developing and developed societies
How vaccines are proven safe research methods used
The role of statistics in understanding disease
What are infectious diseases?
In this video Prof. Booy explains what infectious diseases are.
The big areas of concern with infections are infections of the brain, bloodstream and the lungs.
Prof. Booy explains these in Lesson 1 – How the body stays healthy.