Health Problems

1. Health Problems By Dr. Mirza Inam ul haq Assistant Professor Community Medicine Department

2. Learning Objectives • To orient the students about the Community health problems of Pakistan.

3. Major Health Problems • 1. Major Health Problems • Communicable Diseases • Preventable (through EPI)--Tuberculosis, Poliomyelitis, Tetanus, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough and Measles And Hepatitis • Infectious (Viral and Bacterial) -- Hepatitis, Enteric Fever. Scabies .Diarrhea • Parasitic--- Malaria, Hookworm.

4. Major Health Problems • Malnutrition • Protein Energy Malnutrition • Vitamin Deficiency Diseases • Iodine Deficiency Disorders • Iron Deficiency Diseases • Perinatal Problems • Still Birth • Low Birth Weight • Congenital Problems

5. Major Health Problems • Reproductive Health Problems • Pregnancy Induced Hypertension • Pregnancy related Anemia Geriatric Problems • Coronary Heart Diseases • Malignancies • Accidents • Road Traffic Accidents • Industrial Accidents

6. Major Health Problems • Occupational Health Related Problems • Pneumoconiosis • Malignancies • Allergies • Non Communicable Diseases • Coronary Heart Disease • Diabetes • Malignancies

7. Major Health Problems • Emerging Health Problems Health Problems which have only recently become significant or are expected to emerge in the near future. • Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome • Drug Abuse • Certain malignancies

8. Leading Causes of Major Health Problems • Social and Environmental Causes • Household Environment • Poor Water supply • Lack of Family Hygiene • Poor Food Handling • General Social and physical Environment • Air Pollution • Soil Pollution • Water Pollution

9. THE ENDTHANK YOU