Author: Environmental Research Laboratory (Athens, Ga.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Schistosomiasis in Rural Egypt
Author: Environmental Research Laboratory (Athens, Ga.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Gender, Behavior, and Health
Author: Samiha El-KatshaPublisher: American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN: 9789774247286
Category : Rural health
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
An estimated 200 million people in the world suffer from schistosomiasis (bilharzia), and according to the World Health Organization it ranks second behind malaria in terms of socioeconomic and public health importance in tropical and subtropical areas. The disease was present in Egypt in the Old Kingdom (c. 2600 BCE), and in 1998 it was estimated that almost six million Egyptians -- one fifth of the rural population -- were infected. Thus it remains one of the most serious public health problems in rural Egypt. This study is the first to paint a broad picture of schistosomiasis in rural Egypt. The authors' research in three Nile Delta villages between 1991 and 1997 provides an in-depth community-level view of patterns of transmission and strategies for control. An analysis of recent research and policy presents the national context for the study. Schistosomiasis is primarily a behavioral disease, associated with human behavior in relation to water, especially canals; strategies for disease control and treatment need to consider what people do, where, when, and why. Gender, Behavior, and Health stresses an area of particular concern to social scientists: gender issues are most fully revealed at the local level, where an infection such as schistosomiasis is transmitted, diagnosed, treated, and ultimately (it is hoped) prevented. This book is unique in presenting schistosomiasis primarily from the viewpoint of the social sciences, yet fully incorporating material from the biomedical sciences and other relevant disciplines.
Schistosomiasis in Egypt
Author: Mohamed Farid Abdel-WahabPublisher: CRC PressI Llc
ISBN: 9780849362200
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Schistosmiasis in Rural Egypt
Author: F. Dewolfe MillerSchistosomiasis in Egypt
Author: STUDIES ON SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN RURAL EGYPT FOLLOWING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ASWAN HIGH DAM.
Author: FREDERICK DEWOLFE MILLERPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Schistosomiasis in Rural Egypt
Author: Environmental Research Laboratory (Athens, Ga.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Schistosomiasis
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Schistosomiasis in Egypt
Author: Robert Baxendell ColemanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Sustaining the Drive to Overcome the Global Impact of Neglected Tropical Diseases
Author: World Health OrganizationPublisher: World Health Organization
ISBN: 9241564547
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
"Produced under the overall direction and supervision of Dr. Lorenzo Savioli (Director) and Dr. Denis Daumerie (Programme Manager), WHO Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases"--Back of title page.
Schistosomiasis in Rural Egypt a Report of Us-Egyptian River Nile and Lake Nasser Research Project
Author: U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyPublisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781293122242
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Richard Nixon. The agency is charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress. The EPA's struggle to protect health and the environment is seen through each of its official publications. These publications outline new policies, detail problems with enforcing laws, document the need for new legislation, and describe new tactics to use to solve these issues. This collection of publications ranges from historic documents to reports released in the new millennium, and features works like: Bicycle for a Better Environment, Health Effects of Increasing Sulfur Oxides Emissions Draft, and Women and Environmental Health.