History B Schools History Project GCSE
Epidemics and pandemics
What Epidemics and pandemics means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Epidemics and pandemics
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Reference: OCR
Public health crises such as the Spanish Influenza and AIDS, which both lacked a cure when they first emerged, making prevention the primary response.
Topics that use Epidemics and pandemics
Related terms
- Beliefs and treatments
- Cultural beliefs and scientific progress
- Cultural shifts in science and religion
- Diet and nutrition
- Disease and infection
- Economic conditions
- Economic development and industrialisation
- Environmental pollution
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