Onchocerciasis as a disease of public health significance, which affects people of 35 countries in Africa, America and the Arabian Peninsula (Figures 1 and 2) did not receive much attention until after World War II. By then the blindness produced by onchocerciasis had been fairly well described in studies from west and central Africa, and the transmission of Onchocerca volvulus by Simulium flie...

TO THE EDITOR: The increasing overcrowding on public transport, particularly trains, in many Australian cities makes for considerable discomfort. As the problem deteriorates, concerns about attributable illness and even death have been raised. 1 Overcrowding on public transport also contributes to the spread of respiratory diseases such as influenza (pandemic or otherwise). 2 The risk of contra...

The indicators traditionally used to determine occupational health conditions include occupational accidents and diseases. Accidents are an abrupt upset of the agent-host-environment balance, are easily identifiable inasmuch as the casual nexus can be clearly established, and can produce varying degrees of injury, including death. Occupational diseases, on the other hand, involve a slower, more...

This article is a version of the Introduction to the World Report on Violence and Health, published by the World Health Organization (WHO). It presents a general description about this phenomenon and points some basic questions: concepts and definitions about the theme; the state of knowledge about it; nature and typology on violence; proposal of a quantitative and qualitative approach of an ec...

E-cigarette use has become increasingly popular, especially among the young. Its long-term influence upon health is unknown. Aim of this review has been to present the current state of knowledge about the impact of e-cigarette use on health, with an emphasis on Central and Eastern Europe. During the preparation of this narrative review, the literature on e-cigarettes available within the networ...

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These days inhalant abuse is common in both rural and urban settings. Laymen and professionals alike are negligent of this abuse. It is widely seen in children and can sometimes follow into adulthood too. Children try it out initially due to their anxiousness but later on get addicted to it. Parents are more worried about their children being exposed to drugs like cocaine and marijuana. But the...

We define the concept of mental health on the basis of the realization that mental health is not just a health phenomenon anymore, but also a social and psychological one. By defining mental health separately from mental illnesses, it is placed into the concept of public health, which exceeds the medical definition of the determination of a “mental illness”. The anthropology of health defines t...