Environmental Health and Child Survival

Interest in environmental health has increased in recent years, largely because the most vulnerable groups remain disproportionately exposed to and affected by health risks from environmental hazards. More than 40 percent of the global burden of di...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AIR POLLUTION BEHAVIOR CHANGE BENEFIT ANALYSIS BIOLOGICAL FACTORS BURDEN OF DISEASE CAUSE OF DEATH CAUSES OF DEATH CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHRONIC DISEASES CLEAN WATER COAL COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DEATHS DELIVERY OF WATER DENGUE DIARRHEA DIARRHEAL DISEASES DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EPIDEMIOLOGY FETUS HAZARDS HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH ISSUES HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH RISKS HELMINTHS HIV HIV/AIDS HYGIENE HYGIENE BEHAVIORS HYGIENE EDUCATION IMMUNITY INADEQUATE SANITATION INADEQUATE WATER INCOME INDOOR AIR INDOOR AIR POLLUTION INFECTION DURING PREGNANCY INFECTIONS INTESTINAL WORMS LIVING CONDITIONS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALARIA MALARIA CONTROL MALARIA INFECTION MALNUTRITION MATERNAL HEALTH MEDICAL TREATMENT MORBIDITY MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY MORTALITY MOSQUITO BREEDING NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS POLLUTION POOR HEALTH POOR HYGIENE PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC HEALTH RISK FACTORS RISK OF MALARIA SAFE DRINKING WATER SANITARY CONDITIONS SANITATION SANITATION SERVICES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT VECTOR CONTROL VIRUS WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/06/10626327/environmental-health-child-survival http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11719

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spelling	okr-10986-117192021-04-23T14:02:57Z Environmental Health and Child Survival World Bank ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AIR POLLUTION BEHAVIOR CHANGE BENEFIT ANALYSIS BIOLOGICAL FACTORS BURDEN OF DISEASE CAUSE OF DEATH CAUSES OF DEATH CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHRONIC DISEASES CLEAN WATER COAL COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DEATHS DELIVERY OF WATER DENGUE DIARRHEA DIARRHEAL DISEASES DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EPIDEMIOLOGY FETUS HAZARDS HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH ISSUES HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH RISKS HELMINTHS HIV HIV/AIDS HYGIENE HYGIENE BEHAVIORS HYGIENE EDUCATION IMMUNITY INADEQUATE SANITATION INADEQUATE WATER INCOME INDOOR AIR INDOOR AIR POLLUTION INFECTION DURING PREGNANCY INFECTIONS INTESTINAL WORMS LIVING CONDITIONS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALARIA MALARIA CONTROL MALARIA INFECTION MALNUTRITION MATERNAL HEALTH MEDICAL TREATMENT MORBIDITY MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY MORTALITY MOSQUITO BREEDING NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS POLLUTION POOR HEALTH POOR HYGIENE PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC HEALTH RISK FACTORS RISK OF MALARIA SAFE DRINKING WATER SANITARY CONDITIONS SANITATION SANITATION SERVICES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT VECTOR CONTROL VIRUS WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLY Interest in environmental health has increased in recent years, largely because the most vulnerable groups remain disproportionately exposed to and affected by health risks from environmental hazards. More than 40 percent of the global burden of disease attributed to environmental factors falls on children below five years of age, who account for about 10 percent of the world's population. Children are especially susceptible to environmental factors that put them at risk of developing illness early in life. Malnutrition is an important contributor to child mortality; malnutrition and environmental infections are inextricably linked, but these links have been forgotten or neglected by policy-makers. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently convened an expert panel, which concluded that about 50 percent of the consequences of malnutrition are in fact caused by inadequate water and sanitation provision and poor hygienic practices. Recent recognition of environmental linkages with malnutrition highlights the urgent need to develop a spectrum of interventions to reduce exposure to environmental risks. 2012-08-13T15:49:43Z 2012-08-13T15:49:43Z 2009-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/06/10626327/environmental-health-child-survival http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11719 English Water P-Notes; No. 36 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic	ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AIR POLLUTION BEHAVIOR CHANGE BENEFIT ANALYSIS BIOLOGICAL FACTORS BURDEN OF DISEASE CAUSE OF DEATH CAUSES OF DEATH CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHRONIC DISEASES CLEAN WATER COAL COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DEATHS DELIVERY OF WATER DENGUE DIARRHEA DIARRHEAL DISEASES DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EPIDEMIOLOGY FETUS HAZARDS HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH ISSUES HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH RISKS HELMINTHS HIV HIV/AIDS HYGIENE HYGIENE BEHAVIORS HYGIENE EDUCATION IMMUNITY INADEQUATE SANITATION INADEQUATE WATER INCOME INDOOR AIR INDOOR AIR POLLUTION INFECTION DURING PREGNANCY INFECTIONS INTESTINAL WORMS LIVING CONDITIONS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALARIA MALARIA CONTROL MALARIA INFECTION MALNUTRITION MATERNAL HEALTH MEDICAL TREATMENT MORBIDITY MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY MORTALITY MOSQUITO BREEDING NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS POLLUTION POOR HEALTH POOR HYGIENE PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC HEALTH RISK FACTORS RISK OF MALARIA SAFE DRINKING WATER SANITARY CONDITIONS SANITATION SANITATION SERVICES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT VECTOR CONTROL VIRUS WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLY
spellingShingle	ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AIR POLLUTION BEHAVIOR CHANGE BENEFIT ANALYSIS BIOLOGICAL FACTORS BURDEN OF DISEASE CAUSE OF DEATH CAUSES OF DEATH CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHRONIC DISEASES CLEAN WATER COAL COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DEATHS DELIVERY OF WATER DENGUE DIARRHEA DIARRHEAL DISEASES DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EPIDEMIOLOGY FETUS HAZARDS HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH ISSUES HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH RISKS HELMINTHS HIV HIV/AIDS HYGIENE HYGIENE BEHAVIORS HYGIENE EDUCATION IMMUNITY INADEQUATE SANITATION INADEQUATE WATER INCOME INDOOR AIR INDOOR AIR POLLUTION INFECTION DURING PREGNANCY INFECTIONS INTESTINAL WORMS LIVING CONDITIONS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALARIA MALARIA CONTROL MALARIA INFECTION MALNUTRITION MATERNAL HEALTH MEDICAL TREATMENT MORBIDITY MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY MORTALITY MOSQUITO BREEDING NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS POLLUTION POOR HEALTH POOR HYGIENE PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC HEALTH RISK FACTORS RISK OF MALARIA SAFE DRINKING WATER SANITARY CONDITIONS SANITATION SANITATION SERVICES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT VECTOR CONTROL VIRUS WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLY World Bank Environmental Health and Child Survival
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description	Interest in environmental health has increased in recent years, largely because the most vulnerable groups remain disproportionately exposed to and affected by health risks from environmental hazards. More than 40 percent of the global burden of disease attributed to environmental factors falls on children below five years of age, who account for about 10 percent of the world's population. Children are especially susceptible to environmental factors that put them at risk of developing illness early in life. Malnutrition is an important contributor to child mortality; malnutrition and environmental infections are inextricably linked, but these links have been forgotten or neglected by policy-makers. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently convened an expert panel, which concluded that about 50 percent of the consequences of malnutrition are in fact caused by inadequate water and sanitation provision and poor hygienic practices. Recent recognition of environmental linkages with malnutrition highlights the urgent need to develop a spectrum of interventions to reduce exposure to environmental risks.
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title	Environmental Health and Child Survival
title_short	Environmental Health and Child Survival
title_full	Environmental Health and Child Survival
title_fullStr	Environmental Health and Child Survival
title_full_unstemmed	Environmental Health and Child Survival
title_sort	environmental health and child survival
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/06/10626327/environmental-health-child-survival http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11719
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