A-level curriculum matching

The topics covered by 'Big Picture on Epidemics' are particularly relevant to the following subjects.

Biology, for example:

• vaccination - e.g. the limitations of vaccinations, herd immunity
• antibiotic resistance - e.g. the impact of resistant strains of the treatment of disease and the use of antibiotics
• infectious disease - e.g. transmission of pathogens, types of pathogen
• perception of risks - e.g. people's perception of risk are often different from the actual risks.

Sociology, for example:

• the unequal social distribution of health and illness
• the inequalities in the provision of and access to healthcare.

The topics covered by this issue of 'Big Picture' could also be addressed as a cross-curricular set of lessons or project based on contributions from some or all of these subjects.