Introduction To EH
Introduction To EH
Introduction To EH
Introduction to
Environmental Health
Introduction
(WHO) states
being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity and the
2. Medical care
4. Environment
and survival.”
as genetic makeup.
Definitions: Environment
Biosphere
Hydrosphere Atmosphere
Chemical accidents
More than 2/3 and ¼global population does not have access to
basic human needs: drinking water and sanitation
New global problems on the background of above
Global issues:
Hazardous waste
Air pollution
Biodiversity
Trans-boundary waste movement;
Global warming
Ozone depletion
Globalization
Bio-terrorism
The role of environmental health in public
health
How?
environment”.
• For the development of the infectious process, six factors are
essential:
6. A susceptible host
• For a person to get sick from a germ, three conditions must
exist simultaneously:
Host(H) Environment(E)
Health
Disease
A A
Well Dis
Balanced Balanced E
H E H
• Therefore, to stop the spread of a communicable disease,
attacking the agent, protecting the host or changing the
environment can break the chain.
Environment
Vector
Agent Host