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. 2014 Oct 16;11(10):10737–10751. doi: 10.3390/ijerph111010737

Table 1.

Summary of relevant health conditions for the semiarid region in Brazil.

Systems and services Human health
Access to drinking water (quality and quantity, unsafe water storage, limited water for hygiene)

  • Acute gastrointestinal diseases

  • Water-borne and food-borne diseases

  • Vector- and rodent-borne diseases, zoonoses
Food and nutrition (limited water for food hygiene, reduced or damaged crop yields, reduced health or death of animals and livestock)

  • Water-borne and food-borne diseases

  • Malnutrition
Air quality (dust, drought related wild-fires)

  • Respiratory diseases (allergic rhinitis, asthma)

  • Acute respiratory infections (bronchitis, sinusitis, pneumonia)

  • Fungal infectious diseases (mycoses)

  • Allergic reactions
Basic sanitation and hygiene (limited water for personal hygiene)

  • Infectious and parasitic diseases

  • Skin infections
Mental health and behavior

  • Stress, anxiety, depression

  • Behavioral changes, violence
Health services

  • Health service interruption

  • Loss of medicines and personnel