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Part 11 of chapter 8 of the book "Manual of Neonatal Surgical Intensive Care," Second Edition, is presented. The section focuses on circumcision in infants. Improved hygiene, decreased rate of infection, such as urinary tract infection, and penile carcinoma are some of the benefits of circumcision. Intravenous antibiotics and topical antibiotic ointment may be used should infections occur.

Chapter 5 of the book "International Travel and Health 2007" is presented. It deals with infectious diseases of potential risk for travelers, which include food or waterborne diseases, vector-borne diseases, blood-borne diseases and sexually-transmitted diseases. It outlines the modes of transmission and general precautions of infectious diseases and describes the main infectious diseases to which travelers may be exposed and the precautions for each.

Chapter 3 of the book "International Travel and Health 2007" is presented. It deals with the environmental health risks that can be experienced by travelers. It cites the precautions for travelers unaccustomed to high altitudes, which include avoidance of overexertion and alcohol for the first 24 hours at altitude and drinking of extra water. It discusses the adverse effects of sudden changes in temperature and humidity, which include heat exhaustion and heat stroke and the adverse effects of ultraviolet radiation from the sun.

This chapter argues that the three most important components of care during pregnancy are first, providing good antenatal care, second, avoiding or coping with unwanted pregnancies, and third, building societies that support women who are pregnant. Despite increasing coverage in the last decade, antenatal care can only continue to realize its considerable potential by improving responsiveness, breaking down the barriers to access and refocusing on effective interventions. Given the extent of unintended pregnancy and the unacceptably high levels of unsafe abortion around the world, continuing efforts to provide family planning services, education, information and safe abortion services - to the extent allowed by law - are essential public health interventions. Tackling the low status of women, violence against women and lack of employment rights for pregnant women is vital in helping to build societies that support pregnant women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Chapter 3 of the book "Water Recreation and Disease: Plausibility of Associated Infections: Acute Effects, Sequelae and Mortality" is presented. It focuses on the association of water exposures and waterborne diseases through the used of surveillance systems. It demonstrates the used of recreational water in deliberating the health risk factors for waterborne diseases. It revealed that wastewater treatment would help reduce, risks towards recreational users.

A subject index for the January 2005 issue of "Water Recreation and Disease: Plausibility of Associated Infections: Acute Effects, Sequelae and Mortality" is presented.

The article discusses the manifestation of water use in deliberating the health risks resulting from hazard infection in water-based recreation. It also focuses on the analysis of waterborne pathogens in attributing communicable diseases in the water-based recreation. It describes the waterborne diseases found in water-based recreation including hot tubs, spas, and swimming pool. This pathogen includes campylobacter jejuni, mycobacterium avium, adenovirus, and hepatitis A and E virus.

Chapter 5 of the book "World Report on Road Injury Prevention" is presented. It focuses on the issues concerning road traffic accident preventions. Road traffic crashes and injuries are predictable, which these should be prevented by implementing close coordination and collaboration of many sectors and disciplines. Furthermore, the article recommends some actions to be taken by the government to obstruct such cases.

Chapter 4 of the book "World Report on Road Injury Prevention" is presented. It focuses on the possible interventions and prevention strategies for road traffic accidents. Road crash and injury prevention require effective management to put in place sustainable and over-coming obstacles to the implementation. These techniques include good transport and land-use policies, safety-conscious planning and design of road network, and crash-protective features on all vehicles.

The article addresses the management of patients with tuberculosis (TB). Anti-TB drug treatment aims to cure the patient of TB, to prevent death from active TB or its late effects, and to decrease TB transmission to others, among other things. Thioacetazone is the only anti-TB drug not effective when administered periodically.

Chapter 2 of the book "Safe Piped Water: Managing Microbial Water Quality in Piped Distribution Systems" is presented. It investigates the optimization of water treatment to control microbial growth, corrosion of pipe materials and formation of deposits like biofilms and sediments. It identifies and defines the processes and chemical components us ed in the treatment.

Chapter 8 of the book "Pathogenic Mycobacteria in Water: A Guide to Public Health Consequences, Monitoring and Management" is presented. It highlights multiple environmental mycobacteria species that cause skin, bone and soft tissue infections. It also explores the distribution and the transmission of mycobacteria. It further provides a descriptive epidemiology of the infection as well as the risk factors associated with the disease.

Chapter 9 of the book "Pathogenic Mycobacteria in Water: A Guide to Public Health Consequences, Monitoring and Management" is presented. It highlights the clinical aspects in the acquisition of pulmonary infection of non-HIV infected individuals. It also explores the epidemiology of primary and secondary pathogenic pulmonary mycobacterial infection. It further discusses the criteria for diagnosis of the disease as well as selected treatment issues.

Chapter 5 of the book "Pathogenic Mycobacteria in Water: A Guide to Public Health Consequences, Monitoring and Management" is presented. It highlights the clinical aspects of disseminated infection, cervical adenitis and other Mycobacterium avium complex infection. It also explores the epidemiology and risk factors of HIV-negative people with disseminated M. avium. It further discusses the prevention and treatment of disseminated M. avium infection.

Chapter 15 of the book "The Third Epidemic: Repercussions of the Fear of AIDS" is presented. It discusses the importance of education in informing the people about the impact of HIV/AIDS on society. Educating the people can be done thru prevention campaigns which include anti-discrimination messages. Different organisations are acknowledging the importance of messages supportive of people with HIV/AIDS to prevention campaigns. According to the chapter, church campaigns stress messages with moral values.

Chapter 4 of the book "AIDS & Men: Taking Risks or Taking Responsibility," edited by Martin Foreman is presented. It provides an overview of approaches to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention that are described as the informative, supportive and social. It elaborates the supportive approach as relying on publicity and labour-intensive, while the informative approach as being supported by messages or images designed to create fear.

Chapter 9 of the book "International Travel and Health 2007" is presented. It looks at the health considerations of immigrants visiting friends and relatives of pilgrims. The chapter likewise discusses the health problems that can be encountered by Muslims during Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia, which include cardiovascular disease, heatstroke and severe dehydration. It notes the airborne infectious diseases caused by overcrowding.

An entry for "secondary prevention" is presented. It refers to strategies employed to prevent reoccurrence of a life-threatening medical event.