Meru South District - UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative
Meru South District - UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative
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Respiratory tract infections – 125437<br />
Pneumonia – 14272 cases<br />
Radiation safety – sources of radiation include x-ray machines, computer,<br />
cell phones and natural radiation from ultra violet rays from the sun. The<br />
levels from all these sources are not very high as to cause significant<br />
cancerous effects.<br />
• Occupational health and safety<br />
Issues related to health and safety are not well addressed in the <strong>District</strong>.<br />
Residents working in Tea and coffee factories, welding, hospitals, farm<br />
laborers who do spraying of farm crops such as coffee, fruit orchards etc and<br />
people engaged in vector control activities need to be informed on the safety<br />
and health issues that they may be exposed in these occupations.<br />
Enforcement of relevant laws relating to occupational health and safety needs<br />
to be enhanced.<br />
Table 11: Incidence (number of cases) of common environmentally related diseases<br />
i) Malaria<br />
Year No. of cases Remarks<br />
1997 150972<br />
1998 151511<br />
1999 149418<br />
2000 120012<br />
2001 132738<br />
2002 105511<br />
2003 148093<br />
2004 178311<br />
2005 210066<br />
Source: Public Health Department<br />
From the table, Malaria incidences appear to be generally increasing<br />
Figure 1: Trends of Malaria infection (1997-2003)<br />
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1997 1999 2001 2003<br />
Malaria<br />
trend<br />
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