Q.What are the various public health measures, which you would suggest as safeguard against infectious diseases?
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Public health measures against infectious disease include safe water/sanitation, vector control, vaccination, personal hygiene, safe food handling and public health education.
Step 1. Many diseases in this chapter (typhoid, amoebiasis, ascariasis) spread through contaminated food and water, so ensuring clean drinking water, proper sewage disposal and hygienic food handling is a key public health measure.
Step 2. Mosquito-borne diseases (malaria, filariasis, dengue) are controlled by vector-control measures — mosquito nets, insect repellents, insecticide spraying, and draining or biologically treating (e.g. with Gambusia fish) stagnant water where mosquitoes breed.
Step 3. Vaccination programmes protect against diseases like typhoid, pneumonia and (through screening and safe practices) reduce the spread of blood-borne infections like HIV and Hepatitis B. …
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