Cholera prevention and treatment | Geography | GCSE | MSF

This engaging resource for Geography GCSE has videos, maps and activities that allow students to explore cholera’s characteristics, it’s prevention and treatment, and what it takes to communicate health messages. It links cholera to rapid urban growth in LEDCs and bottom up approaches to development. The resource is illustrated with references and photos of Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders’ humanitarian response to cholera in Haiti, the Philippines, Uganda and Nigeria.

**Geography GCSE specification links **

• AQA GCSE Geography - 3.2.1 Section A: Urban issues and challenges​
• OCR B Geography - 5.2. What are the challenges and opportunities for cities today?
• Edexcel Geography – 4.8 - Advantages and disadvantages of both bottom-up and top-down approaches to solving the chosen city’s problems and improving the quality of life or its people.

**Resources **

• Cholera: Prevention and treatment – Geography – GCSE – MSF. PPT
• Cholera: Prevention and treatment – Geography – GCSE - Student resource pack – MSF. PDF
• Cholera: Prevention and treatment - Geography – GCSE - Teacher cover sheet – MSF.doc