Health
ECMSAS: Session on human health in urban & peri-urban south Asia
Posted on 30 Jul, 2009 11:32 AMThe 21stEuropean Conference on Modern South Asian Studies (ECMSAS) is scheduled for July 26-29 2010 at the University of Bonn (Germany). As part of the conference a Coordinated Session focusing on Human Health in Urban & Peri-Urban South Asia is being organized to highlight the examination of human health to provide a powerful lens into the social, economic, political, cultural and ecological transformations of rapidly urbanizing societies in South Asia. The coordinated session proposes two sessions. With the first session focused on urban health patterns and urban health systems in South Asia. The second session explores the relation of peri-urban dynamics and health. Shifting environmental burdens in the name of cleaning cities, changing land use practices, poor regulatory authorities, industrialization, market forces and demographic pressures have placed enormous stress on water resources in peri-urban societies of Asia. The Session is inviting papers reflecting the current situation, focused on identifying the linkage between several underlying conditions & their contribution to water transmitted diseases in peri-urban areas.
Health and sanitation: Animation video of how Anand and the doctor transform their village
Posted on 14 Jul, 2009 02:39 PMTime: 1:46 minutes
District human development report card for 10 districts- the PAHELI report
Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 03:46 PMThe PAHELI report (Peoples' Audit of Health Education and Livelihoods) is a rapid assessment of the prevailing status of human development in a district and covers four major sectors: life and livelihoods, water and sanitation, mother and child health, and education and literacy. The design and execution of PAHELI was done by Pratham and PAHELI district partners.
Why is dehydration so dangerous - Resources from rehydration project
Posted on 21 May, 2009 04:16 PMThis site provides information on the causes and symptoms of diarrhoea, the prevention and treatment of dehydration following acute diarrhoeal disease and the methods to be followed for rehydration.
The site has links to the following sections:
World Health Organisation provides fact sheets of water-related diseases, their causes and measures for prevention
Posted on 20 May, 2009 01:16 PMThis site by the World Health Organisation (WHO) provides access to water and sanitation related disease fact sheets, which provide information on the disease and how it affects people, the causes, distribution, scope of the problem and th
Selected papers on the social aspects of arsenic and arsenic mitigation in Bangladesh
Posted on 20 May, 2009 12:31 PMThis document published by the Arsenic Policy Support Unit of the Government of Bangladesh on the social aspects of arsenic and arsenic mitigation consists of three chapters:
Fluorosis in Gujarat - a disaster ahead: a study by Carewater
Posted on 20 May, 2009 12:25 PMThis study by Carewater highlights the problem of increasing cases of Fluorosis through fluoride contaminated groundwater in North Gujarat and its misdiagnosis as Musculo-skeletal disea
Social impact of high incidence of kidney stones: a study of coastal villages in Junagadh (Gujarat)
Posted on 20 May, 2009 12:12 PMThis study from the coastal villages of Junagadh, Gujarat by Carewater aims at estimating the prevalence of kidney stones in the region and understand its varied socioeconomic impacts in terms o
Water contamination due to arsenic and nitrates and their health implications - research studies
Posted on 20 May, 2009 11:10 AMWater contamination due to arsenic
Improving health through clean water innovations- a presentation by Aquaya Institute, Indonesia
Posted on 18 May, 2009 04:29 PMSome new technologies and approaches for improving health through clean water - the work of the Aquaya Institute.
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