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SANEAMENTO BASICO [2 records]

Record 1 2021-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hygiene and Health
  • Environment
DEF

The activities intended to achieve an environment conducive to human health, comfort, safety, and well-being.

CONT

"Environmental health" ... include[s] the coordination or provision of education, regulation, and consultation related to food protection, hazardous substances and product safety, water supply sanitation, waste disposal, environmental pollution control, occupational health and safety, public health nuisance control, institutional sanitation, recreational sanitation including swimming pool sanitation and safety, and housing code enforcement for health and safety purposes.

OBS

environmental health; EH: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hygiène et santé
  • Environnement
DEF

Ensemble des mesures qui ont pour objet de créer les conditions de l'environnement les plus favorables à la santé.

OBS

hygiène du milieu; EH : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Higiene y Salud
  • Medio ambiente
DEF

[Conjunto de actividades destinadas a] mantener las condiciones sanitarias del entorno para evitar que éste afecte la salud de las personas.

CONT

La higiene ambiental [...] implica el cuidado de los factores químicos, físicos y biológicos externos a la persona. Se trata de factores que podrían incidir en la salud: por lo tanto, el objetivo de la higiene ambiental es prevenir las enfermedades a partir de la creación de ambientes saludables.

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Record 2 2004-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hygiene and Health
  • Water Supply
  • Environmental Law
CONT

Develop initiatives designed to reduce deficits in access to and quality of drinking water, basic sanitation and solid waste management, with special emphasis in rural and poor urban areas, by applying existing technologies or developing new, appropriate and effective low-cost technologies.

OBS

Terminology related to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) negotiating process.

PHR

access to basic sanitation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hygiène et santé
  • Alimentation en eau
  • Droit environnemental
CONT

Définir des initiatives destinées à réduire les lacunes en ce qui concerne l'accès à l'eau potable et la qualité de cette eau, les installations sanitaires de base et la gestion des déchets solides, particulièrement dans les zones rurales et les zones urbaines pauvres, en appliquant les technologies existantes ou en mettant au point de nouvelles technologies appropriées, efficaces et peu coûteuses.

OBS

Terminologie du processus d'établissement de la Zone de libre-échange des Amériques (ZLEA).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Higiene y Salud
  • Abastecimiento de agua
  • Derecho ambiental
CONT

Desarrollarán iniciativas destinadas a reducir los déficits de cobertura y calidad de los suministros de agua potable, saneamiento básico y manejo de residuos sólidos, con especial énfasis en las áreas urbanas pobres y en el sector rural, a través de la aplicación de tecnologías existentes y el desarrollo de tecnologías nuevas, apropiadas, efectivas y de bajo costo.

OBS

Terminología relacionada con el proceso de negociación del Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas (ALCA).

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