Know Your Risks

Know Your Risks

24.50

“Know your risks” is a fun and educational game for Red Cross and Red Crescent staff and volunteers. Students and community members can also play the game to learn more about epidemics and how to stop them at the community level. Players race along three different paths to be the first to reach the finish. Along the way, they must navigate five obstacles, each requiring them to answer a challenge correctly from one of five risk cards on fecal-oral, respiratory, vector-borne, viral hemorrhagic fevers or zoonotic diseases.

The challenges are based on the IFRC Epidemic Control Toolkit. They are designed to stimulate players to discuss and learn about this vital resource.

Play “Know your risks” and better understand how to protect yourself and others from the dangers of epidemic diseases!

The Epidemic Control Toolkit provides information to prevent and control the spread of epidemics at the community level.

Transmissible sells this game at cost price, without a profit motive.

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Test your knowledge and quick-thinking with 'Know Your Risks,' an exciting and educational game designed for community members, students, and Red Cross and Red Crescent personnel. In this game, 2-3 players or teams engage in a race of wits, traversing paths of health challenges to reach the finish first.

Objective: Navigate through paths laden with obstacles, each demanding a correct answer to a challenge from the five sets of risk cards on various disease categories. The goal is to be the first to return to the field clinic on the game board, symbolizing successful epidemic prevention and control.

Game Materials: The game includes a board, a dice, five sets of risk cards covering diseases from fecal-oral to zoonotic, and game pieces for each player or team.

Game Setup: Begin by arranging the game board and shuffling the risk cards into their designated spots. Players start at the field clinic, ready to face the challenges ahead.

Gameplay: Roll the dice to move across the board, tackling health challenges and navigating through snakes and ladders-style obstacles. Drawing the right risk card lets you cross canyons and continue your journey, while wrong answers might set you back.

Game's End: The race concludes when a player or team successfully returns to the field clinic or when the set time elapses. The winner is the one who has earned the most points by answering challenges correctly.

Game Variant: For a more intense experience, play with an ECV supervisor who assesses answers at the Canyon Challenges, adding an extra layer of learning and discussion, perfect for enhancing team knowledge on communicable diseases.

'Know Your Risks' is not just a game; it's an opportunity for hands-on learning and reinforcing vital knowledge on epidemic preparedness. Will you outsmart the risks and emerge victorious?

Transmissible sells this game at cost price, without a profit motive.

Additional information

Weight 0.7 kg
Dimensions 25 × 20 × 5 cm
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