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State of the Environmental Report for Uganda 2010
Health Risk Environment
Environmental Health and Sanitation
Description
The theme for this State of the Environment (SOE) Report is environment sustainability and health. The focus on health and environment underlines the growing recognition of the link between environmental sustainability and health outcomes. The focus is dual faced; first, several health management activities have considerable environmental implications including the environmental impacts of medical waste management; or the use of pesticides, for instance DDT, for disease vector control.