PUBHLTH 179 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Hand Washing, Coronary Artery Disease, Millennium Development Goals
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Why is environmental health important? responsible for 80% of reported diseases can be summarized down to 5 environmental causes unsafe water poor sanitation ambient air pollution household air pollution lead. Millennium development goals (2010) basic human rights of health, education, shelter and security. Climate change climate change is a global threat droughts rainfall patterns higher than normal temperatures weak infrastructure air pollution. Why water, sanitation and hygiene are key to post 2015 discussions https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=iubwubzgu3o. Common pollutants in households in low- and middle-income countries. Strokes, ischaemic heart disease, copd, lung cancer, pneumonia. Carbon monoxide, lead, smog, particulate matter, ozone and so on. Asia: no access to sanitary disposals contamination when human waste is not disposed properly oral-fecal route waterborne diseases. Rishi manchanda: what makes us get sick? http://www. ted. com/talks/rishi_manchanda_what_makes_us_get_sick_look_upstream#t-498850. Possible approaches: household air pollution: proper ventilation and maintenance, promote information and educate, reduce the cost of cooking appliances, using less polluting fuel. Shifting to natural gas to fuel public vehicles.
