This paper examines the social perceptions against existing overall environmental hazards and pollutions of different residential areas Dhaka Metropolitan area. The empirical data have been collected through a semi-structured questionnaire from 180 households. findings reveal that more than 60% people in are at high risk for due to vast population density unplanned high-rise buildings. Furtherm...

Modern Chinese society is comprised primarily of two subgroups-urban and rural subpopulations. However, comparative data regarding alcohol and tobacco use between urban and rural subgroups in China is sparse. An epidemiological survey was conducted in the Huaihua District of Hunan Province of China, and 3,543 urban and 4,294 rural dwellers aged 15-65 years were interviewed. The drinking rates w...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) prevalence surveys offer a unique opportunity to study health seeking behaviour at the population level because they identify individuals with symptoms that should ideally prompt a health consultation. OBJECTIVE To assess the health-seeking behaviour among individuals who were presumptive TB cases in a national population based TB prevalence survey. METHODS A cr...

BACKGROUND The four common non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for 80% of NCD-related deaths worldwide. The four NCDs share four common risk factors. As most of the existing evidence on the common NCD risk factors is based on analysis of a single factor at a time, there is a need to investigate the co-occurrence of the common NCD risk factors, particularly in an urban slum setting in sub-S...

BACKGROUND There is need for new information about the socio-economic and geographic differences in health seeking and expenditures on many health conditions, so to help to design interventions that will reduce inequity in utilisation of healthcare services and ensure universal coverage. OBJECTIVES The paper contributes additional knowledge about health seeking and economic burden of differen...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to determine the distribution of mite allergens in pig-farming environments in comparison to urban homes and the relationship between exposure to mite allergens and sensitization to the respective allergens in 100 pig farmers with work-related respiratory symptoms. METHODS The concentration of storage mite (Lep d 2) and house-dust-mite (Der p 1, Der...

1. The conservation of insects is not a priority for most urban dwellers, yet can be accomplished in urban settings by the careful design of urban nature. Our goal is to foster cross-talk between practitioners of insect conservation biology who develop the knowledge base and professional design practitioners who are poised to apply this knowledge in designs and management plans for urban green ...

BACKGROUND There are health risks associated with wastewater and fecal sludge management and use, but little is known about the magnitude, particularly in rapidly growing urban settings of low- and middle-income countries. We assessed the point-prevalence and risk factors of intestinal parasite infections in people with different exposures to wastewater and fecal sludge in Kampala, Uganda. ME...