RESUMO
Adverse environmental conditions affect the economic, social, and health development of the population. Economically, they keep an important portion of the population from reaching the productive stage of their life and thus deprive them of the opportunity to begin repaying the investment they represent. Socially, such conditions give rise to pessimistic or passive attitudes toward what might otherwise have led them to improve their living standard. And from the viewpoint of health, conditions of this nature are known to be the basic cause of the diseases that most endanger the human potential of a country: the diarrheal and hookworm diseases, to cite but a few
A review of the situation regarding water supplies shows that the first water supply system in the country is now under construction; almost all of the existing supplies are individual, and 50 per cent have facilities within the house, the majority of them on the basis of bored wells. As regards excreta disposal, the beneficial effects of the two campaigns against hookworm disease undertaken in 1924 and 1952 are clearly evident, since 88 per cent of the homes have some kind of disposal system, chiefly latrines. However, such sustems are in need of improvement
This situation has endured until now owing to the inadequate resources assigned for sanitation on the part of both the state and the community, and to the inbalance in the ... (AU)
Assuntos
Saneamento Rural/economia , Saneamento Rural/métodos , Abastecimento de Água , ParaguaiRESUMO
A plan is outlined for an integrated hookworm control program to be carried out in the ubran-rural area of Asuncion-Villarica by the Government of Paraguay with the technical assistance of the World Health Organization. The development of this program is considered as the initial phase of a plan to extend the camapaign over the entire territory of Paraguay with the objective of reducing the morbidity caused by this disease to a minimum
To this end, the most efficient methods, techniques and health administration procedures, adapted to the social, economic and cultural needs of the population, will be put into practice. An appraisal of the efficiency of these methods is contamplated. The program cosists of a combined action of: medication against parasites, adequate waste disposal, and health education of the population
A study of the prevalence and intensity of hookworm infestation is under way. The surveys in Asuncion and Villarica have been completed and their results are rather eloquent: 49.9 per cent of the population of Asunción and 60.6 per cent of that of Villarica have been found to be infested, an indication of the extent of the endemicity in the country. It is assumed that rural percentages are even higher. The prevalence found in Asuncion is not uniform and varies from point to point, depending on several factors, the most important of which are: excreta disposal, use of shoes ...(AU)
Assuntos
Ancilostomíase/epidemiologia , Engenharia Sanitária , Cooperação Técnica , Estratégias de Saúde Nacionais , ParaguaiRESUMO
Adverse environmental conditions affect the economic, social, and health development of the population. Economically, they keep an important portion of the population from reaching the productive stage of their life and thus deprive them of the opportunity to begin repaying the investment they represent. Socially, such conditions give rise to pessimistic or passive attitudes toward what might otherwise have led them to improve their living standard. And from the viewpoint of health, conditions of this nature are known to be the basic cause of the diseases that most endanger the human potential of a country: the diarrheal and hookworm diseases, to cite but a few
A review of the situation regarding water supplies shows that the first water supply system in the country is now under construction; almost all of the existing supplies are individual, and 50 per cent have facilities within the house, the majority of them on the basis of bored wells. As regards excreta disposal, the beneficial effects of the two campaigns against hookworm disease undertaken in 1924 and 1952 are clearly evident, since 88 per cent of the homes have some kind of disposal system, chiefly latrines. However, such sustems are in need of improvement
This situation has endured until now owing to the inadequate resources assigned for sanitation on the part of both the state and the community, and to the inbalance in the ... (AU)
Assuntos
Saneamento Rural , Paraguai , Abastecimento de ÁguaRESUMO
A plan is outlined for an integrated hookworm control program to be carried out in the ubran-rural area of Asuncion-Villarica by the Government of Paraguay with the technical assistance of the World Health Organization. The development of this program is considered as the initial phase of a plan to extend the camapaign over the entire territory of Paraguay with the objective of reducing the morbidity caused by this disease to a minimum
To this end, the most efficient methods, techniques and health administration procedures, adapted to the social, economic and cultural needs of the population, will be put into practice. An appraisal of the efficiency of these methods is contamplated. The program cosists of a combined action of: medication against parasites, adequate waste disposal, and health education of the population
A study of the prevalence and intensity of hookworm infestation is under way. The surveys in Asuncion and Villarica have been completed and their results are rather eloquent: 49.9 per cent of the population of Asunción and 60.6 per cent of that of Villarica have been found to be infested, an indication of the extent of the endemicity in the country. It is assumed that rural percentages are even higher. The prevalence found in Asuncion is not uniform and varies from point to point, depending on several factors, the most important of which are: excreta disposal, use of shoes ...(AU)
