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Health & medicine. Level 4 to 17.

The body, disease, public health and care, with tasters for medicine, pharmacy and nursing. Education, not medical advice. All of it is planned and not yet written.

All seventeen subjects

9 strands (1 beyond school) · 37 topics · about 131 modules planned · 4 specified · 0 with a sample lesson. From Primary 4 to 400–500 Level.

Series HMHMHealth & medicineWave 4
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The human body

Anatomy and physiology: how the body is built and how it works.

Previews Medicine and Surgery, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Anatomy, Physiology

  1. Skeleton and muscles

    HM-BOD-SKL · Primary 4 to JSS 3 (BECE) · about 4 modules planned

    Bones, joints and muscles, and how they move us.

    • About 4 planned

  2. Heart, blood and circulation

    HM-BOD-HRT · Primary 6 to SSS 2 · about 4 modules planned

    How the heart pumps blood around the body.

    • About 4 planned

  3. Lungs and breathing

    HM-BOD-LNG · Primary 6 to SSS 2 · about 3 modules planned

    How we breathe, and what smoke and dust do to lungs.

    • About 3 planned

  4. Digestion

    HM-BOD-DIG · Primary 6 to SSS 2 · about 3 modules planned

    How food becomes energy and building material.

    • About 3 planned

  5. Nerves, brain and senses

    HM-BOD-NRV · JSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

    How we sense, think and react.

    • About 4 planned

  6. The immune system

    HM-BOD-IMM · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 3 modules planned

    How the body fights infection.

    • About 3 planned

Health and disease

Germs, malaria, TB, HIV, vaccination and the diseases that matter most in Lantern communities.

Previews Medicine and Surgery, Public Health, Medical Laboratory Science, Microbiology

  1. Germs and how disease spreads

    HM-DIS-GRM · Primary 4 to JSS 2 · about 4 modules planned

    How infections pass between people, and how handwashing stops them.

    • About 4 planned

  2. Malaria

    HM-DIS-MAL · Primary 5 to A level / JUPEB / foundation year · 4 modules specified

    What malaria is, how to prevent it, when to get help, and how science fights it.

    Handled with care. Many learners will have had malaria, and some will have lost family to it. Facilitators should be ready to listen and talk. Not shown below Level 4. Comes with a facilitator note.

  3. Tuberculosis

    HM-DIS-TBC · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 3 modules planned

    How TB spreads, its signs, and why treatment must be finished.

    • About 3 planned

  4. HIV and AIDS

    HM-DIS-HIV · JSS 3 (BECE) to A level / JUPEB / foundation year · about 4 modules planned

    How HIV is and is not passed on, testing, treatment and ending stigma.

    Handled with care. Taught factually and without stigma. Some learners or their families live with HIV. Facilitator notes follow the safeguarding policy. Not shown below Level 9. Comes with a facilitator note.

    • About 4 planned

  5. Vaccination

    HM-DIS-VAC · Primary 6 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 3 modules planned

    How vaccines train the immune system, and why whole communities benefit.

    • About 3 planned

  6. Water-borne diseases

    HM-DIS-WAT · Primary 5 to SSS 1 · about 3 modules planned

    Cholera, typhoid and diarrhoea: how clean water and handwashing prevent them.

    • About 3 planned

  7. Non-communicable diseases

    HM-DIS-NCD · JSS 3 (BECE) to A level / JUPEB / foundation year · about 4 modules planned

    Diabetes, high blood pressure and how lifestyle affects them.

    • About 4 planned

Public health and epidemiology

Health for whole communities: outbreaks, data and prevention.

Previews Public Health, Epidemiology, Community Health

  1. What public health is

    HM-PUB-WHT · JSS 2 to SSS 2 · about 3 modules planned

    Keeping whole communities healthy, not just treating individuals.

    • About 3 planned

  2. Outbreaks and how they are controlled

    HM-PUB-OUT · SSS 1 to 100 Level · about 4 modules planned

    How outbreaks start, spread and are brought under control.

    • About 4 planned

  3. Epidemiology

    HM-PUB-EPI · SSS 3 (WASSCE) to 200 Level · about 5 modules planned

    Measuring disease in populations: rates, risk and studies.

    • About 5 planned

  4. Health data

    HM-PUB-DAT · SSS 3 (WASSCE) to 200 Level · about 3 modules planned

    Collecting and reading health data honestly.

    • About 3 planned

Nutrition science

The science of food: nutrients, energy, malnutrition and diet-related disease.

Previews Nutrition and Dietetics, Public Health

  1. Macronutrients and energy

    HM-NUT-MAC · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 3 modules planned

    Carbohydrates, proteins and fats, and how the body uses them.

    • About 3 planned

  2. Vitamins and minerals

    HM-NUT-MIC · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 3 modules planned

    Iron, iodine, vitamin A and others, and where to find them in local foods.

    • About 3 planned

  3. Malnutrition

    HM-NUT-MAL · JSS 3 (BECE) to A level / JUPEB / foundation year · about 3 modules planned

    Undernutrition and overnutrition: causes, signs and prevention.

    • About 3 planned

  4. Diet and disease

    HM-NUT-DIE · SSS 2 to 100 Level · about 3 modules planned

    How diet affects long-term health.

    • About 3 planned

First response and emergency care

Staying safe and helping until professional help arrives. Practised with the facilitator.

Previews Medicine and Surgery, Nursing, Emergency Medical Services

  1. Principles of first response

    HM-FRE-PRI · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 3 modules planned

    Check for danger, call for help, and keep yourself safe.

    • About 3 planned

  2. Basic life support

    HM-FRE-BLS · SSS 1 to A level / JUPEB / foundation year · about 3 modules planned

    Recognising when someone is not breathing, and what to do.

    • About 3 planned

  3. Injuries and bleeding

    HM-FRE-INJ · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned

    Cuts, burns, sprains and broken bones.

    • About 4 planned

  4. Emergencies

    HM-FRE-EMR · JSS 2 to A level / JUPEB / foundation year · about 4 modules planned

    Choking, snakebite, fits and poisoning: what to do and what not to do.

    • About 4 planned

Pharmacology basics

What medicines do, using them safely, and how the body handles them.

Previews Pharmacy, Pharmacology

  1. What medicines do

    HM-PHA-WHT · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 3 modules planned

    How medicines work, and why the right dose matters.

    • About 3 planned

  2. Using medicines safely

    HM-PHA-SAF · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 3 modules planned

    Following prescriptions, fake medicines and antibiotic resistance.

    • About 3 planned

  3. How the body handles drugs

    HM-PHA-PKD · 100 Level to 300 Level · about 4 modules planned

    Absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion.

    • About 4 planned

Nursing and midwifery foundations

Caring for patients, mothers and newborns, and community health work.

Previews Nursing, Midwifery, Community Health

  1. Caring for patients

    HM-NRS-CAR · SSS 2 to 100 Level · about 4 modules planned

    Comfort, dignity, observation and communication.

    • About 4 planned

  2. Maternal and newborn health

    HM-NRS-MAT · SSS 3 (WASSCE) to 200 Level · about 4 modules planned

    Pregnancy, birth and the first weeks of life.

    Handled with care. Taught factually with facilitator notes, in line with the safeguarding policy. Not shown below Level 11. Comes with a facilitator note.

    • About 4 planned

  3. Community health work

    HM-NRS-COM · SSS 2 to 100 Level · about 3 modules planned

    How community health workers keep villages healthy.

    • About 3 planned

Medical ethics

Consent, confidentiality, fairness and research ethics.

Previews Medicine and Surgery, Law, Philosophy

  1. Consent and confidentiality

    HM-ETH-CNS · SSS 2 to 200 Level · about 3 modules planned

    Why patients decide, and why their information is private.

    • About 3 planned

  2. Fairness and access

    HM-ETH-JUS · SSS 3 (WASSCE) to 300 Level · about 3 modules planned

    Who gets care, and how to share scarce resources fairly.

    • About 3 planned

  3. Research ethics

    HM-ETH-RES · 100 Level to 400–500 Level · about 3 modules planned

    Doing medical research honestly and safely.

    • About 3 planned

Beyond school (Beyond school, university level)

Pre-medical sciences, pathology and global health, previewing a health degree.

Previews Medicine and Surgery, Pharmacy, Nursing, Medical Laboratory Science, Public Health

  1. Pre-medical sciences

    HM-BYD-PMS · A level / JUPEB / foundation year to 200 Level · about 6 modules planned

    The biology, chemistry and physics a medical degree builds on.

    • About 6 planned

  2. Pathology (introduction)

    HM-BYD-PTH · 200 Level to 400–500 Level · about 4 modules planned

    How disease changes cells and tissues.

    • About 4 planned

  3. Global health

    HM-BYD-GLH · 100 Level to 400–500 Level · about 4 modules planned

    Health across the world: inequality, systems and progress.

    • About 4 planned

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Every module here is written to be learned at a Lantern, offline, at a child’s own pace. Four Lanterns are planned and waiting for light.

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