Urbanization and slums : infectious diseases in the built environment ; proceedings of a workshop /

"The urban built environment is a prime setting for microbial transmission, because just as cities serve as hubs for migration and international travel, components of the urban built environment serve as hubs that drive the transmission of infectious disease pathogens. The risk of infectious di...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ogawa, V. Ayano (rapporteur.)
Corporate Author: Urbanization and Slums: New Transmission Pathways of Infectious Diseases in the Built Environment (Workshop)
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2018]
Series:Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Subjects:
Mundaca Shah, Cecilia, > rapporteur.
Nicholson, Anna, > rapporteur.
Communicable diseases > Epidemiology > Congresses.
Slums > Congresses.
Urban poor > Housing > Congresses.
Urban health.
World health.
Communicable diseases > Epidemiology.
Communicable Diseases > epidemiology
Urban Health
Poverty Areas
Global Health
Communicable Disease Control
Communicable Diseases > etiology
Maladies infectieuses > Épidémiologie.
Maladies infectieuses > Épidémiologie > Congrès.
Pauvres en milieu urbain > Logement > Congrès.
Santé urbaine.
Santé mondiale.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
World health
Communicable diseases > Epidemiology
Slums
Urban poor > Housing
Urban health
Conference papers and proceedings
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acronyms and abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Perspectives on the prevention and control of infectious diseases in an urban and interconnected world
  • Understanding infectious disease transmission in urban built environments
  • Translating conceptual models of infectious disease transmission and control into practice
  • Achieving sustainable and health promoting urban built environments
  • Bridgin drivers and interventions to scale up successful practices
  • Appendixes.

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