title: Community environmental health assessment in Peru's desert hills and rainforest.
abstract: Peru's expanding population and rapid urbanization--a result of migration to its largest cities--have stressed the country's public services infrastructure and the provision of public health and environmental health services. In response, the Ministry of Health established the General Directorate of Environmental Health (DIGESA), the branch charged with assuring adequate environmental health services to populations in rural and urban areas. The magnitude of the environmental health problems in peri-urban settlements, however, has exceeded the capacity of DIGESA to respond. The Urban Environmental Health Project is an effort to develop the ability of local communities to address these problems
authors.affiliation: CARE Peru Urban Environmental Health Project, Lima, Peru. baffigov@carepe.org.pe
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Baffigo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Albinagorta
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nauca
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alegre
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hubbard
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sarisky
mesh_terms: D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D003889:Desert Climate; D004782:Environmental Health; D006801:Humans; D010568:Peru; D011634:Public Health; D012423:Rural Health; D012499:Sanitation; D014197:Trees; D014504:Urban Health; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014881:Water Supply / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards