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close this bookHealth Education Syllabus for Secondary Schools (UNICEF, 46 p.)
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View the documentSECTION A - HEALTH
View the documentSECTION B - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
View the documentSECTION C - OUR ENVIRONMENT
View the documentSECTION D - WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION
View the documentSECTION E - FOOD AND NUTRITION
View the documentSECTION F - FAMILY HEALTH AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS
View the documentSECTION H - IMMUNIZATION
View the documentSECTION I - COMMUNICATION DISEASES
View the documentSECTION K - MENTAL HEALTH
View the documentSECTION L - ORAL HEALTH
View the documentSECTION M - ESSENTIAL DRUGS
View the documentSECTION N - ACCIDENTS AND FIRST AID
View the documentSECTION O - ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM
View the documentSECTION S - BODY SYSTEMS

SECTION O - ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM

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Alcohol

What alcohol is. Physical properties of methanol, ethanol, propanol etc. Different preparation methods of alcoholic beverages. Raw materials with reference to local brews, beers, wines, waragi and other spirits.




1.1.

Types of Alcohol

Beverage and non-beverage alcohol, non-beverage alcohol. Beverage alcohol classified as wines, beers and spirits. Alcohol proof and concentration in beers, wines, tonto, malwa and waragi.






Non-beverage alcohol classified as methanol, propanol




1.2

Uses:

Non-beverage used in the preparation of foods e.g. vanilla; preparation of medicines, lotions, solvents, antifreezer in car radiators, etc.