Title Urbanization and slums : infectious diseases in the built environment ; proceedings of a workshop / V. Ayano Ogawa, Cecilia Mundaca Shah, and Anna Nicholson, rapporteurs ; Forum on Microbial Threats, Board on Global Health, Health and Medicine Division, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine

Published Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2018] ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 128 pages) : color illustrations Series Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf Contents Acronyms and abbreviations -- Introduction -- Perspectives on the prevention and control of infectious diseases in an urban and interconnected world -- Understanding infectious disease transmission in urban built environments -- Translating conceptual models of infectious disease transmission and control into practice -- Achieving sustainable and health promoting urban built environments -- Bridgin drivers and interventions to scale up successful practices -- Appendixes Summary "The urban built environment is a prime setting for microbial transmission, because just as cities serve as hubs for migration and international travel, components of the urban built environment serve as hubs that drive the transmission of infectious disease pathogens. The risk of infectious diseases for many people living in slums is further compounded by their poverty and their surrounding physical and social environment, which is often overcrowded, is prone to physical hazards, and lacks adequate or secure housing and basic infrastructure, including water, sanitation, or hygiene services. To examine the role of the urban built environment in the emergence and reemergence of infectious diseases that affect human health, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine planned a public workshop. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop"--Publisher's description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-111) Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (National Academies Press, viewed June 11, 2018) Subject Mundaca Shah, Cecilia, rapporteur. Nicholson, Anna, rapporteur. Communicable diseases -- Epidemiology -- Congresses Slums -- Congresses Urban poor -- Housing -- Congresses Urban health. World health. Communicable diseases -- Epidemiology Communicable Diseases -- epidemiology Urban Health Poverty Areas Global Health Communicable Disease Control Communicable Diseases -- etiology HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General. MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine. MEDICAL -- Diseases. MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine. MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine. World health Communicable diseases -- Epidemiology Slums Urban poor -- Housing Urban health Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings Form Electronic book Author National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Microbial Threats, organizer. Urbanization and Slums: New Transmission Pathways of Infectious Diseases in the Built Environment (Workshop) (2017 : Washington, DC), author. ISBN 9780309474405 030947440X 9780309474429 0309474426

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