what are the major environmental concerns affecting health in kenya?
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Natural resource depletion, environmental pollution, high poverty rates, and rising unemployment; the country is addressing these concerns through its commitment to a resource-efficient development pathway. Human activities and settlements have brought unprecedented change to Kenya's ecosystems.
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['Inform, educate, and empower people about environmental health issues.', 'Mobilize community partnerships and actions to identify and solve environmental health problems.', 'Develop policies and plans that support individual and community environmental health efforts.']
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['Air Environment. ... ', 'Noise Environment. ... ', 'Water Environment. ... ', 'Biological Environment. ... ', 'Land Environment. ... ', 'Socio‑economic and Health Environment. ... ', 'Risk Assessment. ... ', 'Environment Management Plan.']
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Let's take a look at what I consider the four major environmental issues: overconsumption of natural resources; diminishing quantity and quality of fresh water; climate change; and rapid population growth. What might be the impact on each issue? Overconsumption.
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ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS CAN AFFECT HUMAN HEALTH Environmental hazards—like water and air pollution, extreme weather, or chemical exposures—can affect human health in a number of ways, from contributing to chronic diseases like cancer or to acute illnesses like heat exhaustion.
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The environment directly affects health status and plays a major role in quality of life, years of healthy life lived, and health disparities. Poor air quality is linked to premature death, cancer, and long-term damage to respiratory and cardiovascular systems.
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Malaria. Malaria is a risk to 70% of Kenya's 47.5 million people, especially communities around Lake Victoria and off the coast. In Kenya, it's mainly caused by the protozoan Plasmodium falciparum transmitted by the Anopheles species mosquitoes, which breed in swamps that develop during the rainy seasons.
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['Acid Rain.', 'Overfishing. ... ', 'Urban Sprawl. ... ', 'Deforestation. ... ', 'Water Pollution. ... ', 'Population Growth. ... ', 'Waste Production. ... ', 'Genetic Modification of Crops. Environmental issues caused by man-made chemicals are becoming clearer. ... ']
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['Global Warming.', 'Climate Change.', 'Acid Rain.', 'Smog effect.', 'Deterioration of fields.', 'Extinction of animal species.', 'Respiratory health problems.', 'Deterioration in building materials.']
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Climate change affects the social and environmental determinants of health – clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure shelter. Between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250 000 additional deaths per year, from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and heat stress.
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['Overpopulation. ... ', 'Overconsumption and waste. ... ', 'Deforestation and the Destruction of Ecosystems leading to loss of biodiversity.', 'Mining of Minerals and Oil.', 'Technological and Industrial Development.', 'Erosion.', 'Pollution and Contamination of resources.']
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['@ Pollution as an Universal problem.', '@ It will lead to a combined loss.', '@ Unhealthy for the economy as well as the society.', '@ Should be minimized with some strategies and proper planning.']
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['Education about prevailing health problems and how to prevent and control them.', 'Food supply and proper nutrition.', 'Adequate supply of safe water and basic sanitation.', 'Maternal and child health, Family planning.', 'Immunisation against infectious diseases.', 'Prevention and control of endemic diseases.', 'Treatment of common infections.']
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['water supply.', 'sanitation facilities.', 'food.', 'climate.']
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['The Burning of Fossil Fuels. ... ', 'Agricultural Activities. ... ', 'Waste in Landfills. ... ', 'Exhaust From Factories and Industries. ... ', 'Mining Operations. ... ', 'Indoor Air Pollution. ... ', 'Natural Events.']
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['Habitat destruction/Deforestation.', 'Introduced and invasive species.', 'Genetic pollution.', 'Over exploitation.', 'Hybridization.', 'Climate change.', 'Diseases.', 'Human over-population.']
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The World Health Organization (WHO) defines environment, as it relates to health, as “all the physical, chemical, and biological factors external to a person, and all the related behaviors.”1 Environmental health consists of preventing or controlling disease, injury, and disability related to the interactions between ...