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Assessing the Role of Environmental Health in Infectious Disease Control

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  • Jayakumar
  • Singh
  • Upadhye
  • Panigrahi
  • Bansal
  • Ojha
  • Mane

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Introduction: Environmental health, infectious disease control, environmental determinants of disease transmission, ecological exposures, COVID-19, air pollution, contagious diseases, and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).. Methods: The researcher used a mixed-methods approach, conducting both quantitative analyses of epidemiological data and qualitative interviews with public health experts. Multiple geographic locations with different environmental conditions were used to ascertain disease incidence. The study reviewed the existing literature to inventory and classify existing ecological health interventions.. Results: The results showed a substantial association between better environmental health interventions and lower prevalence of communicable diseases. In regions with improved sanitation, access to clean water, and waste management, case studies confirmed a significant reduction in disease outbreaks. Interviews with experts emphasized that environmental health approaches can be integrated into existing public health efforts, such as those aimed at controlling vectors and reducing pollution.. Conclusions: We show that enhanced environmental health systems were foundational to the control of infectious diseases [34]. Public health outcomes significantly improved through a recognition of ecological determinants and the application of targeted interventions. The study highlighted the need for policymakers to embrace environmental health in disease prevention approaches, suggesting more significant investment and intersect oral action to create sustained impacts.

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Handle: RePEc:dbk:health:v:3:y:2024:i::p:.392:id:.392
DOI: 10.56294/hl2024.392
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