WAEC Civic Education 2023 Theory — Question 9
Question 9 of 17 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Civic Education 2023 Theory paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.
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5(a) Highlight three major ways by which HIV/AIDS can be contracted.
Model answer
1. Through transfusion of HIV-infected blood to a non-infected person/transfusion of unscreened blood. 2. Through unprotected sex with an HIV/AIDS-infected person. 3. Through the sharing of syringes, needles or other sharp/cutting objects between an infected and a non-infected person. (Other acceptable: mother-to-child transmission during pregnancy/delivery/breastfeeding; kissing an infected person with mouth sores/wounds.)
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