* Deteriorating environmental conditions are an important factor contributing to poor health and low quality of life. Mismanagement of natural resources, excessive waste production and environmental conditions associated with health effects pose major challenges to sustainable development.
* Impoverished people living in rural and peri-urban areas are at greatest risk from exposure to deteriorating environmental conditions. The health of these vulnerable groups is being damaged by the cumulative effects of inappropriate or dangerous shelter, overcrowding, lack of water supply and sanitation, unsafe food, air and water pollution, and high accident rate.
* The poor quality of the environment is directly responsible for approximately 25 percent of all preventable disorders, including highlights diarrheal disease and acute respiratory infections.
* Two-thirds of all preventable ill health caused by environmental conditions affecting children.
* Air pollution is a major cause of various diseases and the decline in quality of life in general.

Human health is vulnerable to environmental degradation in a differentiated by region. Communities in many parts of Central and South America, Central Africa and Asia are highly vulnerable to waterborne diseases and vectors. Air pollution threatens large urban areas and megacities, most of whom are in developing countries. The inhabitants of developed countries are more vulnerable to exposure to toxic chemicals and technological accidents, but there are notable exceptions, such as arsenic contamination in South Asia (see box).
Arsenic contamination in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, arsenic that occurs naturally in underground sediment seeps into groundwater. More than 25 percent of the 4 million tubewells, the main source of drinking water contains dangerous levels of arsenic. Nearly 75 million people are vulnerable to arsenic poisoning, which can cause skin cancer, kidney and liver failure, respiratory problems and even death. About 24 million people have already been exposed to arsenic poisoning. Agricultural production has been affected by arsenic-contaminated water in a 500 km stretch of rice fields and banana plantations between the Ganges River and the border with India.

Source: Karim 2000, 2001a and 2001b BICN and UN Wire 2001.

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“100% organic” are those products without organic ingredients.
“Organic” for products with 95% of the ingredients organic.
“Made with organic products” for products made between 50 and 95% organic ingredients.
“Products with less than 50%” organic ingredients, you must specify in each ingredient that is organic.

This should be an example that should be taken into account so that the situation is clearer and the consumer to know what kind of product you choose.

From a nutritional standpoint, in organic food could not be demonstrated advantages over, taste, safety and nutritional value, with respect to conventional foods, from the economic point of view its value is much higher, approximately between 20 and 100%.

From a legal standpoint, an organic product is one that is certified by a competent authority. In Argentina, the Chamber of nuclear Certifying companies authorized by the State for that purpose. And organic is defined as a separate production system that results in a food free of chemicals and toxic substances or potential for human health.

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Improved implementation according to the World Health Organization is permethrin, using wire brush to remove the nits and eggs by passing the hair strand by strand for 20 minutes.

Once the lice are gone should prevent its recurrence, boiling hats and headbands for at least 10 minutes, wash clothes where they could be accommodated and even stuffed animals or objects to keep the same texture in bags up to two weeks after his disappearance.

It is very important to stress the need not manage to prevent louse products they do not have this preventive effect and only increase the resistance, the best preventive measure is thorough and frequent inspection of children’s hair when they are in school term so we can start treatment as there is an infestation. You have to brush your hair with the nit. The drugs are more effective against adult forms of eggs for none (or permethrin 1% to 2% or 1% malathion or lindane to 0.5% are common biocides) has 100% ovicidal activity. To remove any nits fertilized treatment must be repeated at 7-10 days.

Permethrin 1% think it is often the treatment of choice in the form of lotion or cream because its activity persists two weeks but has cross-resistance to other pyrethroids (pyrethrin-like substances, a natural compound insecticide. Pyrethroids are developed synthetic pesticides to control pest insect populations)

Here also the home remedies are worth a lifetime, rinse the hair with vinegar diluted with water in 1:2 ratio

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The reason is to commemorate this date because on that day in 1948 came into force the Constitution of the World Health Assembly, which was signed by 61 countries and thus was formed the World Health Organization (WHO). The aim was to remember how important it is to support people from all over the world in the care and health protection.

“1,000 cities, 1,000 lives” is the slogan that the World Health Organization has chosen for this edition, which recalls that urbanization does not have to be at odds with healthy living. This year, for the first time in history is achieved by the fact that 50% of the population lives in urban areas.

Global objectives of the campaign

The main objectives this year WHO has set the pass to open public spaces to health. Activities in parks, town meetings, campaigns cleaning of the streets closed to traffic are some of the proposals to be developed along these days in different cities around the world.

The personal part will also fit into this initiative, “A thousand lives” will bring together a thousand stories of urban health promoters that developed through their work have made considerable impact on the health of cities.

The development is presented as a public health challenge

Urbanization is an emerging phenomenon, according to recent studies it is expected that population growth over the next 30 years will occur in urban areas, affecting issues such as water, environment, violence and injuries and non communicable diseases communicable diseases and their risk factors such as snuff consumption, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity … and so much more.

There are solutions

Promoting healthy habits should be part of urban planning by investing in active transportation, design areas for physical activity and the adoption of regulations against snuff and for food safety.

According to the WHO says, “These measures do not necessarily require more funding, but the commitment of redirecting resources to invest in priority interventions, thereby enhancing efficiency.”

Global Initiatives

Since World Health Day, encourages national leadership to promote and participate in various activities such as:

* Close some streets to traffic to provide a new space for exercise.
* Enjoying healthy foods in public urban points.
* Practicing tai chi in parks.
* Biking as a family.

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To get the updated information the authors have relied on official statistics from the Organization of the United Nations (UN), World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

The Atlas is divided into three blocks. The first section entitled “General Development Mapping” shows the level of socioeconomic development of the various populations since this level so powerfully affects the lives of individuals and determines the health status of different populations. In this section we show by example, maps that refer to life expectancy at birth, education and income per capita. Imbalances between the world’s States are impressive. In 2005, Luxembourg ranked first in terms of income with more than 62,000 dollars of GDP per capita in Sierra Leone only reached 548 U.S. dollars per capita, providing 57% of population below one dollar a day income .

The second group called “Health in the world today” provides a true diagnosis of current health inequalities between countries. In this block we show how sick and dying people with a section which analyzes diseases in the world (the prevalence of HIV / AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria) and non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular disease mortality and cancer). In this section there is something that has surprised me: Although we tend to think that non-communicable diseases become apparent in the rich or developed countries, the reality is the opposite. A World Bank report shows that 80% of deaths for this type of diseases recorded in 2005 occurred in low-income countries and media.

The last block, called “Great challenges of global health,” shows that we should practice healthy habits to improve health in the world. Increased life expectancy is, without doubt, one of the greatest achievements of mankind. We must bear in mind that this aging process will not stop, causing a tremendous impact on society and health care. Here are tips on healthy habits to age with quality of life: eat well and have an active lifestyle, prevent smoking, avoiding risk behaviors, mental health care and protect our environment which in turn is a Protector health.

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Freshwater pollution problem known since antiquity. One of the first historical evidence is the story of Scripture on one of the ten plagues of Egypt, which describes the transformation in “blood” from the Nile river water, a biological phenomenon because of contamination caused by microorganisms.

With increasing population and the emergence of industrial water pollution of rivers, lakes and even ground water continues to rise. Pollution caused by domestic and industrial waste, deforestation and land-use practices, significantly reduce the availability of water that can be used.
WHO and water pollution

World Health Organization defines the pollution of fresh water as follows: “It should be noted that the water is contaminated, when the composition or state is changed so that they no longer meet the requirements for use in their original state.”

According to the definition given by WHO for water pollution should also be considered, both physical changes, chemical and biological water because of temperature changes caused by the emission of hot water.
Who is responsible for water pollution?

There is always a natural water pollution caused by animal and plant remains by mineral and gas substances that dissolve when the water body through various lands, but this can not accuse nature to follow the natural cycle.
Therefore primarily responsible for water pollution of our planet are men, through our activities.

* Water pollution by industry: this is related to the use of water is in the process industries. Some industrial consumption of contaminated water into rivers and seas without any control.
* Water pollution from livestock and agriculture due to intensive farming of livestock and misuse of fertilizers and pesticides in agriculture.
* Water pollution from urban and domestic use: it is caused from the use of domestic and urban waste water.

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