HUMAN POPULATION AND THE ENVIROMENT

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HIV AND AIDS WOMEN AND CHILD WELFARE

ROLE OF IT IN ENVIROMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH

HIV AND AIDS THE HUMAN IMMUNE – DEFICIENCY VIRUS

AKA ‘HIV’ CAUSES ACQUIRED IMMUNO DEFINECY SYNDROME AKA ‘AIDS’,THROUGH CONTACT WITH THE TISSUE FLUIDS OF INFECTED INDIVIUALS,ESPICALLY THROUGH SEXUAL CONTACT.IT CAUSES INFECTED INDIVIUALS TO SUFFER FROM A LARGE NUMBER OF ENVIROMENT – RELATED DISEASES AND REDUCES THE ABILITY OF INFECTED INDIVIUALS

IN SUB – SAHARAN AFRICA, WHERE THE INFECTION HAS BECOME HIGHLY PREVALENT IS LEADING TO GREAT SUFFERING AND POVERTY.

THE PEOPLE IN SOUTH AFRICA HAVE A BELIEF THAT TURTLE EGGS CAN CURE HIV/AIDS,THUS LEADING TO THE EGGS BEING OVER - HARVESTED

HIV/AIDS HAS A SERIOUS IMPACT ON THE SOCIOECONOMIC FABRIC OF SOCIETY.BY 2002, INDIA HAS ESTIMATED 3.97 MILLION INFECTED INDIVIUALS.

BLOOD TRANSFUSION FROM AN INFECTED PERSON CAN ALSO LEAD TO HIV/AIDS AS WELL AS DRUG ABUSE BY SHARING NEEDLES WITH AN INFECTED PERSON.THE MOST IMPORTANT MEASURE TO PREVENT AIDS IS TO USE CONDOMS THAT FORM A BARRIER.

WOMEN AND CHID WELFARE

THERE ARE SEVERAL ENVIROMENTAL FACTORS THAT ARE CLOSELY LINKED TO THE WELFARE OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN.IN THE WORLD NEARLY 11 MILLION CHILDREN DIE EACH YEAR.IF OUT OF 10 DIE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES THE MAIN CAUSES ARE PNEUMONIA,DIARRHEA,MEASLES,MALARIA AND MALNUTRITION

PNEUMONIA

ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION[ARI],MOST FREQUENTLY CALLED AS PNEUMONIA,IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH IN CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS.

DIARRHEA IT IS CAUSED BY A WIDE VARIETY OF

INFECTIONS.QUICK DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DIARRHEA IS A PRIORITY FOR SAVING A CHILDS LIFE.

MEASLES

IT IS A RASH THAT APPEARS WITH FEVER AND BODYACHE IN CHILDREN AND IS CAUSED BY A VIRUS.IT INFECTS OVER 40 MILLION CHILDREN AND KILLS OVER 80,00,000 CHILDREN.

MALARIA

THIS CONDITION IS CLOSELY LINKED TO POOLING AND STAGNATION OF WATER IN TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS. MALARIA IS A WIDESPREAD TROPICAL DISEASE WHICH IS CAUSED BY A PARASITIC TRANSMITTED TO HUMANS BY MOSQUITOES.

MALNUTRITION

ALTHOUGH MALNUTRITION IS RARELY LISTED AS THE DIRECT CAUSE VOF DEATH,. IT CONTRIBUTES TO ABOUT ½ THE CHILDHOOD DEATHS. THIS IS DUE TO LACK OF ACCESS FOOD, POOR FEEEDING PARTICLES ARE THE MAJOR CAUSES OF MORTALITY.

ROLE OF I.T IN ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH

TECHNOLOGY HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT OF HUMEN SOCIETY. THE IMPORTANT ROLES OF I.T IN ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH ARE AS FOLLOWS:

REMOTE SENSING HUMAN HEALTH ONLINE INFORMATION

REMOTE SENSING

REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM [GIS] HAS PROVED TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE TOOL IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT.

THE GOVT. OF INDIA HAS CREATED AN INFORMATION SYSTEM CALLED ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEM [ENVIS] WITH ITS HEADQUATER IN DELHI.

HUMAN HEALTH

I.T PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN HUMAN HEALTH. IT HEALPS THE DOCTOR TO MONITOR THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE OF THAT AREA.

ONLINE INFORMATION

IT PROVIDES VAST QUANTUM OF INFORMATION ON DIFFERENT SUBJECTS INCLUDING HUMAN HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT.

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