SANITATION AT PANAMA

Water, sanitation, and hygiene at Kyoto.

of keeping the public on board. Without the trust and confidence of the public, introducing genetics into mainstream NHS activities could be a high risk enterprise. Ministerial fingers were burned by the fiasco surrounding the introduction of genetically modified foods and crops, and the Department of Health is determined that this must not happen with the introduction of genetic medicine. Stri...

Sanitation and Other Allied Matters at Big Indian Railway Stations

2. Periodic flushing.?Do this by fire-hose pipes connected to the hydrants by a hydrantconnector. Dry the surface thoroughly with squeezers on the platforms and swabs in the waiting rooms, etc. 3. Collection of paper rubbish, fruit peels and skins.?-Do this in small waste-bins fixed at regular intervals' along the platform pillars. Banana skins lying on the platforms result nearly daily into pa...

Epidemiology of acute respiratory disease at the Pediatric Emergency Room of the Social Security Medical Center in Panama City, Panama.

Within Latin America, longitudinal hospital surveillance studies of acute childhood respiratory diseases are very rare. This article reports the results of one such study conducted at the pediatric emergency ward of the Social Security Hospital in Panama City from March through December 1983. In all, 340 children with lower respiratory tract diseases (primary admission diagnoses of asthma, bron...

Sanitation and Parasitism at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

One focus of historical archaeology at Harpers Ferry Na­ tional Historical Park, West Virginia, is tracing the devel­ opment of sanitation at the town through the 1800s and 1900s. Historical documentation indicates that there was a degree of resistance to the modernization of village sanita­ tion. This study attempts to verify this resistance through examination of privy soils for parasites ind...

One good decision at the Earth Summit: to improve sanitation.