Water and Sanitation Related Diseases and the Environment: Challenges, Interventions and Preventive Measures -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION -- SECTION I: DEFINING THE PROBLEM -- 1 TACKLING THE WATER CRISIS: A CONTINUING NEED TO ADDRESS SPATIAL AND SOCIAL EQUITY -- 2 SANITATION AND HYGIENE: TAKING STOCK AFTER THREE DECADES -- 3 WATER AND HEALTH: THE DEMOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND -- 4 WATER AND WAR: AVERTING ARMED CONFLICT AND PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS -- SECTION II: WATER AND SANITATION-RELATED DISEASES -- 5 INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA -- 6 MALNUTRITION AND UNDERNUTRITION -- 7 SOIL-TRANSMITTED HELMINTHS: ASCARIS, TRICHURIS, AND HOOKWORM INFECTIONS -- 8 TOXIC CYANOBACTERIA -- 9 DENGUE: A WATER-BORNE DISEASE -- 10 DRACUNCULIASIS (GUINEA WORM DISEASE): CASE STUDY OF THE EFFORT TO ERADICATE GUINEA WORM -- 11 ONCHOCERCIASIS -- 12 REASSESSING MULTIPLE-INTERVENTION MALARIA CONTROL PROGRAMS OF THE PAST: LESSONS FOR THE DESIGN OF CONTEMPORARY INTERVENTIONS -- 13 SCHISTOSOMIASIS -- 14 TRACHOMA -- 15 SHIGELLOSIS -- 16 THE ZIMBABWE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC OF 2008-2009 -- 17 INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL IN GHANA: GOVERNMENT'S INTERVENTIONS AND CHALLENGES TO MALARIA ERADICATION -- SECTION III: WATER RESOURCES -- 18 HOUSEHOLD WATER TREATMENT AND SAFE STORAGE IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES -- 19 INFORMAL SMALL-SCALE WATER SERVICES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE BUSINESS OF WATER FOR THOSE WITHOUT FORMAL MUNICIPAL CONNECTIONS -- SECTION IV: SANITATION AND HYGIENE -- 20 THE SANITATION CHALLENGE IN INDIA -- 21 SUCCESSFUL SANITATION PROJECTS IN THAILAND, MALAYSIA, AND SINGAPORE -- 22 HOUSEHOLD-CENTERED ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION SYSTEMS -- SECTION V: ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS OF WATER POLLUTION -- 23 NATURALLY OCCURRING WATER POLLUTANTS -- 24 ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES OF WATER POLLUTION: PARTS 1 AND 2 -- 25 THE HUDSON RIVER: A CASE STUDY OF PCB CONTAMINATION.

26 OTHER WATER POLLUTANTS: ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA -- SECTION VI: CURRENT AND FUTURE TRENDS IN PREVENTING WATER POLLUTION -- 27 CONTROLLING WATER POLLUTANTS -- 28 GLOBAL SUBSTITUTION OF MERCURY-BASED MEDICAL DEVICES IN THE HEALTH SECTOR -- 29 ADDRESSING SOURCES OF PCBs AND OTHER CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS IN WATER -- 30 ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO PREVENT, AMELIORATE, AND REDUCE WATER POLLUTION AND RELATED WATER DISEASES: GLOBAL WATER GOVERNANCE -- SECTION VII: EMERGING ISSUES IN ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND DISEASE -- 31 CHANGING GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE VECTORS -- 32 MALARIA IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON -- 33 ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, AND HUMAN INFECTIOUS DISEASE -- 34 OCEAN POLLUTION: HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS -- SECTION VIII: CONCLUSION -- 35 ASSESSMENT OF PROGRESS IN MEETING THE UN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS -- 36 EXTENDING THE RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE AND IMPROVING CHILD SURVIVAL IN MEXICO -- 37 USING KINSHIP STRUCTURES IN HEALTH PROGRAMMING-AN EXAMPLE OF PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND SUCCESSFUL INTERVENTIONS -- INDEX -- COLOUR PLATES.