Free account: track your progress — Sign up free

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.

Advertisement

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.)

Advertisement

Sign up free to unlock

  • Score tracking
  • Practice history
  • Saved questions
  • Progress dashboard
  • Personalized sessions
  • Weak-topic breakdown

…and/or go further with premium services and No Ads.