In order to reduce waterborne diseases, the current government and its partners are developing a household water treatment and safety storage (HWTS). This article is part of a study on Development of An Evidenci-Based Guidelines for Promotion of HWTS which is conducted in three pilot sites: Bandung city, Bandung district (West Java) and Sikka district (East Nusa Tenggara) in 2008. The aim of th…
Forests burning is one of the major sources of air pollution in the countryside that extends into urban areas. Respiratory tract disease is the biggest number of disease in developing countries. One of the factors of the occurrence of upper respiratory tract disease because of poor air quality. The research objective is to determine the impact of forest fires on public health, especially upper …
Air quality in several cities in Indonesia has degraded in the last two decades, due to the increasing of urbanization and economic activities. The degradation of air quality occurs because of the anthropogenic source such as industry emissions, motor vehicles emission etc has exceed the environment ‘s burden capacity. Fine particulate matter PM2.5 (particulate with aerodynamic diameter less …