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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON PUBLIC HEALTH IN BANGLADESH (Pages : 6 - 10)

Researches were conducted with environmental impact on public health in Bangladesh from three Environmental zone- ENV-9, ENV-14, ENV-29 of Bangladesh Ecological Zones (AEZ) made by AMIN (1988). The samples were selected for technical purpose and collected with the help of structured interactive questionnaires. As per objectives of studies, the respondents were interviewed and discussed in stakeholder groups with five types of concern namely medical professionals, traditional physicians, NGO service providers, medical businessman and members of civil society. The results obtained from the research conducted on set environmental impact parameters revealed that all most entire medical professionals mention flu, asthma, skin diseases, cholera as a monsoon disease to be dominated in the study areas. Regarding summer disease infection intensity, the results revealed that all most all of the medical professionals found seasonal fever (80%), respiratory diseases (80%) and water borne diseases (76%) showing high intensity infections. More than half of the medical professionals believed heat strokes (52%), fungal skin diseases (52%) showing high intensity infection of summer disease. Near about all most of them believed soil borne parasites (88%) not showing high intensity infection of summer disease. As regards monthly awareness meeting of disease prevention beneficiary activities, the results revealed that all most all of the medical professionals (96%) said beneficiary activities of disease prevention was monthly awareness meeting. Based on the findings of this research the recommendations were focused on the policy regulations, environmental effects, public health preparedness activities, disaster medicine and environmental impact on public health.Download