Discuss the factors that facilitate the spread of HIV/AIDS and various efforts to deal with this pandemic.

Global organizations are targeting these preventable diseases that cause 63 percent of all deaths and increase poverty worldwide

Discussion Questions1

Discuss the causes and effects of the global obesity epidemic.

How does obesity relate to the global epidemic of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)?

2. Discuss the role of the WHO in preventing the spread of infectious diseases.

3. Discuss the factors that facilitate the spread of HIV/AIDS and various efforts to deal with this pandemic.

4. Discuss the leading causes of noncommunicable diseases.

5. Discuss how conflicts, global warming, and poverty contribute to the emergence and spread of infectious diseases.