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Health challenges facing  the developing world D.K. Aswal National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India

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Health challenges facing  the developing world

D.K. AswalNational Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India

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Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well‐being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

Preamble to the Constitution of the World Health Organization as adopted by the International Health Conference, New York, 19–22 June 1946; signed on 22 July 194

WHAT IS HEALTH? 

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Communicable diseases 

Maternal, perinatal conditions & nutritional deficiencies 

Non‐communicable diseasese.g.: – Cardiovascular diseases & malignant neoplasms

– Injuries – Neuropsychiatric disorders – Congenital abnormalities.

CATEGORIES OF ILL HEALTH 

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Environmental hazards/ecosystem degradation are a root cause of a significant health burden: 

• The urban environment 

• Vector‐borne disease 

• Indoor air pollution

• Water pollution

• Climate change

• Toxic substances

THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT NEXUS 

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Deaths attributed to 19 leading factors,by country income level, 2004

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Major causes of death in children under 5 with disease‐specificcontribution of undernutrition, 2004

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Metrology Food

Soil

Water

Air

Quality of Life?

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Palampur: Reference air monitoring station

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