Das Gesundheitswesen
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The European members of the World Health Assembly (WHO) adopted the goal of eliminating poliomyelitis by the year 2000 (certification 2003), tetanus of the newborn by 2005 and measles by 2007 (certification 2010). Regarding the reduction by 2010 diphtheria, hepatitis B, pertussis and rubella syndrome are in the foreground of discussions. As WHO-member Germany looks after these aims with growing acceptance, too. ⋯ The estimated illness rates in the western federal states are at 80-100/100,000 inhabitants. In the eastern federal states a continuous increase of incidence rates of more than 5 per 100,000 inhabitants has been noticed since 1991. For a permanent reduction of incidence rates of infectious diseases which are preventable by vaccination, provable high vaccination coverage and an effective epidemiological control are necessary.
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Das Gesundheitswesen · Feb 2001
[Risk evaluation and construction planning in a high pollution region].
More than thousand years of mining and metallurgical engineering in the Harz mountains is the reason why heavy metal contamination in soil and air by arsenic, cadmium and lead is a problem in parts of the Harz region. Risk assessment is the duty of the district community physician. Checkup of sanitary conditions in habitat planning is very important and the basis for the development of healthy cities.