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At least 5 million people die each year from injuries, and about half the deaths in the 10-24 age group are accountable to them. This is a major health problem for which a number of strategies for prevention and control can be developed.This book presents a series of the plenary and state-of-the-art presentations from the 5th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Control. There is a focus on transportation, workplace, sport and leisure, and domestic sectors, and an exploration of the legal, medical, environmental, safety and governmental issues which play a part in the subject.Practitioner

Scientific motivation to publish this book comes from the increased interest in the study of toxoplasmosis, showed all over the world. Though the Toxoplasma gondii infection was first discovered in 1908, toxoplasmosis remains a today's research topic, a realm of questions and dilemmas that interest both the veterinarians and the human doctors. Studies in the field are directed to the epidemiology of the disease, the sources of infection, epidemiological chains, being underlined the important feature in the transmission of this parasite: the ability to pass from one intermediate host to another intermediate host without passing through the final host - felids. An increased prevalence of toxoplasmosis in humans and animals, as well as the difficulty of coproscopic diagnosis of toxoplasmosis in cats, expensive serological examinations in both animals and humans, lack of diagnostic methods accessible to veterinarians in slaughterhouses, cultural and culinary differences of human patients, which can influence the prevalence of the disease, motivate the scientific and practical importance of the proposed book and reveal the importance of this topic for animal and human health. So, the proposed book will contain informations regarding the etiology and history of Toxoplasma gondii infection and also the parasite's morphology and biology. This work will contain a very detailed epidemiology of the toxoplasmosis from all over the world and for all species of animals. This chapter will include also personal findings of the authors about the Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence in domestic animals from Romania. In the last part of the book we will present the main methods for toxoplasma diagnosis. At the end of the book we will synthesize the main routes for T. gondii infection and the recommendations for reducing toxoplasmosis seroprevalence.

FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Part I Overview -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Toward a Poison Prevention and Control System -- Part II Current Status and Opportunities -- 3 Magnitude of the Problem -- 4 Historical Context of Poison Control -- 5 Poison Control Center Activities, Personnel, and Quality Assurance -- 6 Current Costs, Funding, and Organizational Structures -- 7 Data and Surveillance -- 8 Prevention and Public Education -- 9 A Public Health System for Poison Prevention and Control -- Part III Conclusions and Recommendations -- 10 Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Contributors -- Appendix B Committee and Staff Biographies -- Index.

Surveillance for the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Japan started in September 1984 and in February 1987 was extended to seropositive carriers of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies. A total of 2,000 hospitals and clinics throughout the country have actively participated in the surveillance. An educational program for health care workers, including physicians, was initiated in July 1985 by issuing a series of government memoranda and distributing pamphlets and posters. Counseling programs for people concerned about AIDS and laboratory support to provide screening services have been developed. Laboratories that can also perform confirmatory tests will be established shortly. The screening of all donated blood was established in November 1986.

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Indonesia still in a steady situation, confirmed case is increasing and the people's behaviour are not supporting prevention for infectious disesase. Several things kind of physical distancing, Mask using, hand and environtmental hygiene and stay at home had been urged by government, but still can not decrease the case. This review intend to show how important simple disease prevention and control in the daily living can help face this pandemic. Publication, news, and rules regarding COVID-19 used as materials for this article, started January 2020 to October 2021. Knowledge in basic science of COVID-19 should be increased to make people more understand about little and simple things in daily life can help COVID-19 prevention and control along with government rules and guidance. The best way to reduce confirmed cases is implementing strict COVID-19 prevention and control every day in daily life as ruled by government. Better people 's perception and knowledge about the disease surely can help the implementation of COVID-19 prevention and control.

"This book offers an accessible, authoritative introduction to all aspects of infection prevention and control in hospital and community settings. It is aimed at student nurses, other student health professionals and those who teach these groups in classroom and practice settings. The book also provides a key resource for the many practitioners needing to update their knowledge, especially in the aftermath of COVID-19"--