While accelerated housing and settlement development over the past two decades has benefitted hundreds of thousands of young children in South Africa, large numbers continue to face major environmental threats to their health, some of which have hitherto been neglected. Such children are likely to ...
There is a fundamental need in post-apartheid South Africa to build new relations of trust between previously segmented communities, within both state and society and along the vertical axis of state–society interaction. Drawing on observations from the health sector, particularly in relation to env...
The water quality in South Africa’s river systems is rapidly deteriorating as a consequence of increased discharge of wastewater effluents. The natur
PLANNING FOR THE DELIVERY OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN BUSHBUCKRIDGE, SOUTH AFRICASurveillance systemsVideoPyroelectric detectorsSoftwareVideo surveillanceSwitchesCCD camerasCMOS sensorsComputer hardwareComputing systemsABSTRACTdoi:10.1097/00001648-199607001-00269SAUNDERS, L D...
Area, South Africa An Environmental and Respiratory Health Survey of Workers in a Grain Mill in the Johannesburg Area, South AfricaAn Environmental and Respiratory Health Survey of Workers in a Grain Mill in the Johannesburg Area, South Africato foremen; the membership did not include white ...
dams contributed to their failure, and flooding damaged ~8570 buildings. We argue that the interplay of aging infrastructure, political instability, climate change, and human decisions drove this disaster, stressing the need for a holistic ‘healthcare’ management approach to prevent future ...
High ambient air temperatures in Africa pose significant health and behavioral challenges in populations with limited access to cooling adaptations. The built environment can exacerbate heat exposure, making passive home cooling adaptations a potential method for protecting occupants against indoor heat exposu...
AbstractMalaria elimination remains a major public health challenge in many tropical regions, including large areas of northern South America. In this stud... DO Fuller,A Troyo,TO Alimi,... - 《Applied Geography》 被引量: 27发表: 2014年 Environmental Drivers of West Nile Fever Epidemiology in...
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Assessing the effects of mining projects on child health in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country analysis ArticleOpen access Burden of disease resulting from lead exposure at toxic waste sites in Argentina, Mexico and Uruguay ArticleOpen access23 June 2016 ...