E. Application
Myth Buster!
Here are some fallacies and superstition about non-communicable disease that you
might have heard in your community. Write them in a 1 whole sheet of paper and search for
a scientific proof to counter them.
Fallacy / Myth
Facts / truth
Taking a bath on a Friday will make one sick
An amulet or anting-anting protects the
wearer from diseases and helps counteract
witch craft.
Relapse or binat caused by eating certain
kinds of foods or by cutting the hair too soon
after illness.
Taking a bath on the menstruation will cause
cancer.
Non communicable disease are for the rich
people.
All NCD are preventable
NCD are mainly diseases of the elderly.
No cost effective solutions exists for NCD