Handbook of Helminthiasis for Public Health

Handbook of Helminthiasis for Public Health

In 1849, John Snow pioneered the application of mapping to public health by producing a map depicting locations of cholera cases around the Broad Street pump in London (1). Thus, any book describing recent advances in mapping infectious disease is potentially of interest to practicing public health officials. The topics covered in the 11 chapters in this book range from the very technical, such...

Handbook of Sanitary Law for the Use of Candidates for Public Health Qualifications

Handbook of Sanitary Law for the Use of Candidates for Public Health Qualifications

quite as good. The new matter added in this edition is the Local Government Act of 1929, the Mental Treatment Act of 1930, the Tuberculosis Order and Regulations of 1930, and the Housing Act of 1930. The Local Government Act of 1929 probably constitutes one of the greatest advances in public health administration of recent times; this aspect is hardly emphasised enough in the book. The Housing ...

Handbook of Child Health

Helminthiasis: Hookworm Infection Remains a Public Health Problem in Dera District, South Gondar, Ethiopia

BACKGROUND Intestinal parasitic infections are significant cause of morbidity and mortality in endemic countries. In Ethiopia, helminthiasis was the third leading cause of outpatient visits. Despite the health extension program was launched to address this problem, there is limited information on the burden of intestinal parasites after implementation of the program in our setting. Therefore, t...