Global Issues in Water, Sanitation, and Health
Global Issues in Water, Sanitation, and Health

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2009-10-25

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 0309138728

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As the human population grows-tripling in the past century while, simultaneously, quadrupling its demand for water-Earth's finite freshwater supplies are increasingly strained, and also increasingly contaminated by domestic, agricultural, and industrial wastes. Today, approximately one-third of the world's population lives in areas with scarce water resources. Nearly one billion people currently lack access to an adequate water supply, and more than twice as many lack access to basic sanitation services. It is projected that by 2025 water scarcity will affect nearly two-thirds of all people on the planet. Recognizing that water availability, water quality, and sanitation are fundamental issues underlying infectious disease emergence and spread, the Institute of Medicine held a two-day public workshop, summarized in this volume. Through invited presentations and discussions, participants explored global and local connections between water, sanitation, and health; the spectrum of water-related disease transmission processes as they inform intervention design; lessons learned from water-related disease outbreaks; vulnerabilities in water and sanitation infrastructure in both industrialized and developing countries; and opportunities to improve water and sanitation infrastructure so as to reduce the risk of water-related infectious disease.

Foodborne Disease Outbreaks
Foodborne Disease Outbreaks

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 9241547227

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"These guidelines have been written for public health practitioners, food and health inspectors, district and national medical officers, laboratory personnel and others who may undertake or participate in the investigation and control of foodborne disease outbreaks."--P. 4 of cover.

Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases
Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases

Author: I. Jackson Tartakow

Publisher: A V I Publishing Company

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13:

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Salmonelloisi. Typhoid fever. Staphylococal food poisoning. Botulism. Shigelloisis. Streptococal food infection. Cholera. Clostridium perfringens food poisoning. Escherichia coli diarrhea. Brucellosis. Tularemia. Leptospirosis. Other bacterial fooddborne and waterborne diseases. Infectious hepatitis. Other viral fooddborne and waterborne diseases. Protozoan intestinal infections. Parasitic fooddborne and waterborn diseases. Fungus poisoning. Chemical poisoning. Poisonous plants. Natural food poisons. Prevention of fooddborne diseases. Commercial food processing. Food service establishments. Investigation of foodborne disease outbreaks. Gastrointestinal illness aboard cruise ships and aircraft. Statistical report of fooddborne and waterborne diseas outbreaks.

Procedures to Investigate Foodborne Illness
Procedures to Investigate Foodborne Illness

Author: International Association for Food Protection

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2011-07-08

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1441983961

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Procedures to Investigate Foodborne Illness is designed to guide public health personnel or teams in any country that investigates reports of alleged foodborne illnesses. The manual is based on epidemiologic principles and investigative techniques that have been found effective in determining causal factors of disease incidence. The guidelines are presented in the sequence usually followed during investigations and are organized so that an investigator can easily find the information needed in any phase of an investigation. Included are descriptions of the following procedures: Plan, prepare, investigate and respond to intentional contamination of food Handle illness alerts and food-related complaints that may be related to illness Interview ill persons, those at risk, and controls Develop a case definition Collect and ship specimens and food samples Conduct hazard analysis (environmental assessments) at sites where foods responsible for outbreaks were produced, processed, or prepared Trace sources of contamination Identify factors responsible for contamination, survival of pathogenic microorganisms or toxic substances, and/or propagation of pathogens Collate and interpret collected data Report information about the outbreak This edition also contains extensively updated and more user-friendly keys to assist investigators in identifying the contributing factors that may lead to the contamination, proliferation or survival of agents of foodborne disease.