Community Environmental Health Assessment in Peru's Desert Hills and Rainforest

Peru's expanding population and rapid urbanization--a result of migration to its largest cities--have stressed the country's public services infrastructure and the provision of public health and environmental health services. In response, the Ministry of Health established the General Dire...

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Published in:	American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 91; no. 10; pp. 1580 - 1582
Main Authors:	Baffigo, Virginia, Albinagorta, Jorge, Nauca, Luis, Rojas, Percy, Alegre, Rossana, Hubbard, Brian, Sarisky, John
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC Am Public Health Assoc 01-10-2001 American Public Health Association American Journal of Public Health 2001
Subjects:	Air. Soil. Water. Waste. Feeding Assessment Biological and medical sciences Community Community Health Planning - organization & administration Community Health Planning - standards Community participation Desert Climate Diarrhea Disease control Drinking water Environment. Living conditions Environmental Health Environmental monitoring Field Action Report Health services Households Humans Medical laboratories Medical sciences Peru Projects Public Health Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Rain forests Rural areas Rural Health Sanitation Trees Urban Health Water Microbiology Water quality Water supply Water Supply - economics Water Supply - standards South America Peru America Human Drinking water Waste water disposal Health policy Health and environment Water supply Water quality Community health Suburban zone Public health
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Summary:	Peru's expanding population and rapid urbanization--a result of migration to its largest cities--have stressed the country's public services infrastructure and the provision of public health and environmental health services. In response, the Ministry of Health established the General Directorate of Environmental Health (DIGESA), the branch charged with assuring adequate environmental health services to populations in rural and urban areas. The magnitude of the environmental health problems in peri-urban settlements, however, has exceeded the capacity of DIGESA to respond. The Urban Environmental Health Project is an effort to develop the ability of local communities to address these problems
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Article-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 Peer Reviewed Requests for reprints should be sent to Dra. Virginia Baffigo, Coordinadora, Proyecto Salud Ambiental Urbana, Av. Gral Santa Cruz N 659, Jesus Maria, Apartado 11-0628, Lima 11, Peru (e-mail: baffigov@carepe.org.pe).
ISSN:	0090-0036 1541-0048
DOI:	10.2105/AJPH.91.10.1580