What are
the various public health measures, which you would suggest as
safeguard against infectious diseases?
What are the various public health measures, which you would suggest as safeguard against infectious diseases?
Public
health measures are preventive measures which are taken to check the
spread of various infectious diseases. These measures should be taken
to reduce the contact with infectious agents.
Some of
these methods are:
(1) Maintenance of personal and public hygiene:It is
one of the most important methods of preventing infectious diseases.
This measure includes maintaining a clean body, consumption of
healthy and nutritious food, drinking clean water, etc. Public
hygienic includes proper disposal of waste material, excreta,
periodic cleaning, and disinfection of water reservoirs.
(2) Isolation: To prevent the spread of air-borne diseases
such as pneumonia, chicken pox, tuberculosis, etc., it is essential
to keep the infected person in isolation to reduce the chances of
spreading these diseases.
(3) Vaccination: Vaccination is the protection of the body
from communicable diseases by administering some agent that mimics
the microbe inside the body. It helps in providing passive
immunizationto the body. Several vaccines are available
against many diseases such as tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, etc.
(4) Vector Eradication: Various diseases such as malaria,
filariasis, dengue, and chikungunya spread through vectors. Thus,
these diseases can be prevented by providing a clean environment and
by preventing the breeding of mosquitoes. This can be achieved by not
allowing water to stagnate around residential areas. Also, measures
like regular cleaning of coolers, use of mosquito nets and
insecticides such as malathion in drains, ponds, etc. can be
undertaken to ensure a healthy environment. Introducing fish such as
Gambusia in ponds also controls the breeding of mosquito
larvae in stagnant water.
Public health measures are preventive measures which are taken to check the spread of various infectious diseases. These measures should be taken to reduce the contact with infectious agents.
Some of these methods are:
(1) Maintenance of personal and public hygiene:It is one of the most important methods of preventing infectious diseases. This measure includes maintaining a clean body, consumption of healthy and nutritious food, drinking clean water, etc. Public hygienic includes proper disposal of waste material, excreta, periodic cleaning, and disinfection of water reservoirs.
(2) Isolation: To prevent the spread of air-borne diseases such as pneumonia, chicken pox, tuberculosis, etc., it is essential to keep the infected person in isolation to reduce the chances of spreading these diseases.
(3) Vaccination: Vaccination is the protection of the body from communicable diseases by administering some agent that mimics the microbe inside the body. It helps in providing passive immunizationto the body. Several vaccines are available against many diseases such as tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, etc.
(4) Vector Eradication: Various diseases such as malaria, filariasis, dengue, and chikungunya spread through vectors. Thus, these diseases can be prevented by providing a clean environment and by preventing the breeding of mosquitoes. This can be achieved by not allowing water to stagnate around residential areas. Also, measures like regular cleaning of coolers, use of mosquito nets and insecticides such as malathion in drains, ponds, etc. can be undertaken to ensure a healthy environment. Introducing fish such as Gambusia in ponds also controls the breeding of mosquito larvae in stagnant water.
