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Suggested Readings

Course subject(s) Lecture 1 : Public Hygiene and Epidemiology Lecture 2 : Public Hygiene and Epidemiology Lecture 3 : Public Hygiene and Epidemiology Lecture 4 : Public Hygiene and Epidemiology Lecture 5 : Public Hygiene and Epidemiology Lecture 6 : Public Hygiene and Epidemiology Lecture 7 : Public Hygiene and Epidemiology

Medical Milestones

Sanitation and death-rate in the Netherlands

Without mortality declining after 1860, the Netherlands would not have its 15.6 mln inhabitants but only 3.1 mln.

‘Most peaple are not aware that they live by the simple fact of having one of his ancestors starting to wash his hands frequently’ (Preston 1996).

Mortality Decline

Water Supply and Childhood Mortality

150 years of declining death rate

World Health Organization (WHO)

Water and sanitation related diseases fact sheets
Water, sanitation and hygiene links to health
Evaluation of the costs and benefits of water and sanitation improvements at the global level
Health in the Millennium Development Goals

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