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Water and Sanitation-Related Diseases and the Environment (eBook, ePUB)

Challenges, Interventions, and Preventive Measures

Redaktion: Selendy, Janine M. H.

Beschreibung

Written by authorities from various related specialties, this book presents the most complete treatment possible of the conditions responsible for water- and sanitation-related diseases, the pathogens and their biology, morbidity and mortality resulting from lack of safe water and sanitation, distribution of these diseases, and the conditions that must be met to reduce or eradicate them. Preventive measures and solutions are presented throughout. This book is an essential resource for all graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and professionals in infectious disease, public health and medicine, chemical and environmental engineering, and international affairs. Key features: * Provides a comprehensive understanding of the interconnection among many factors related to water-related diseases, sanitation and hygiene * Brings together experts from various specialties to address each area covered and to assist in bringing about the understanding of those interconnections * Provides examples of successful interventions with knowledge about how they were brought about so that information can be use to replicate the initiative in full or in part * Provides an appreciation of the concerns and solutions addressed from an international perspective with high and low technological solutions * Provides insight into the international dimension of these concerns and how they can be best addressed

Technische Details

• Geräte: eReader
• mit Kopierschutz
• Größe: 37.58MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Janine Selendy is Founder, Chairman and President of HORIZON International, a non-profit organization based at Yale University, which addresses health, anvironment and disease issues worldwide. She also serves as principal editor and publisher of Horizon's web-based Solutions Site. She is executive producer of more than 20 television documentaries, many of which have won awards and have been broadcast in many countries. She is also a Research Affiliate in the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University. Her background in medical, scientific, environmental and other areas provides her with an appreciation of the interconnectedness of many subjects.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118148600
• Artikelnr.: 37345388

Rezensionen

"All of them, in particular those who were used to externalize health effects from their approaches, will significantly benefit from this well documented book, that provides the reader an information-rich and structured view on the water-environmental health nexus." (International Journal of Environment and pollution, 1 November 2012)

"This comprehensive book advises treatment of conditions responsible for water and sanitation-related diseases . . . Few books could claim a title as broad and embracing as this one. It posits a way forward for the cornerstone for global development. It is a primer for organizations as diverse as the World Bank, the United Nations, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. However sobering,

it is worth any concerned person's time." (Doody's, 16 November 2012)

"...it is wonderful how much you have included and how valuable this should be to people working in so many disciplines. And I loved your DVDs---great stories and well produced. Most of all, I think people all over the world will be able to relate to them."
David Ellis, Ph.D., President Emeritus, Museum of Science, Boston

"This is a truly interdisciplinary book and reflects really well the need to work across scientific boundaries, and I think shows what can be achieved through collaboration." (Society for General Microbiology, 15 May 2012)

"This book will promote integrated studies/research on water, sanitation-related diseases and the environment and will contribute to theoretical and practical respects of interventions and preventive measures, and therefore lead to a better life quality - for millions." (Yaqian Zhao, 2011 Centre for Water Resources Research, University College Dublin , 1 December 2011)

"Written by experts from the fields of public health, medicine, epidemiology, environmental health, climate change, environmental engineering, and population research, this authoritative volume provides a thorough understanding of the interconnection among many factors linked to water related diseases, sanitation, and hygiene." (Miss Eco Glam, 1 October 2011)

"In 2010, the United Nations recognised the human right to water and sanitation. Janine Selendy has produced a critical tool to help us take the next step forward in understanding the nature and causes of water and sanitation related diseases and in finding real solutions. The human right to water and sanitation is only as good as its implementation. This book leads the way." (Maude Barlow, Senior advisor on water to the 63rd president of the United Nations general assembly 2008-09, January 2012)