Question

Which of these should be reportable diseases to protect public health?

a: heart disease
b: skin cancer
c: HIV
d: diabetes

Answer 1

C, because HIV is contagious 

Answer 2

Answer:

Among the given list of diseases, HIV should be reportable diseases to protect public health.

Explanation:

It is because disease such as Heart disease, Skin cancer, and diabetes are not sexually transmitted disease whereas AIDS which is caused by the Human Immuno deficiency Virus is sexually transmitted one and spreads from affected individual to the healthy ones either through unprotected sex or through the usage of same needles etc.

Thus protection as well as prevention from this disease is highly essential and information about it must be reported to public health department.