Match each controllable disease with a strategy for avoiding it.

a. cold
avoidance of iv drugs
b. aids
handwashing
c. measles
vaccination

The correct answers would be:

A. Cold - handwashing

Washing of your hands helps to prevent you in contracting and spreading of germs such as the cold virus. Hand washing kills off the nasty bacteria.

B. AIDS - Avoidance of IV drugs.

One method of contracting AIDS is through IV drugs. People that take IV drugs can share needles that have come into contact with contaminated blood. Do not share needles or take IV drugs and you reduce your risk of contracting AIDS.

C. Measles - Vaccination

Having the measles vaccination as a child prevents you from contracting the virus.

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