air contamination | air infection

community-acquired infection [ community-associated infection ]

upper respiratory tract infection [ upper respiratory infection ]

sexually transmitted infection | STI | sexually transmitted disease | STD | venereal disease

carrier of infection

inapparent infection | silent infection | subclinical infection

acute HIV infection | primary HIV infection | acute primary HIV infection | acute HIV infection syndrome

sexually transmitted infection and blood-borne infection | STI and BBI | STI and blood-borne infection | blood-borne disease and sexually transmitted infection

hospital-acquired infection | nosocomial infection [ HAI ]

By reducing air pollution levels, we can help reduce the burden of disease from respiratory infections, heart disease and lung cancer.

Most stable foods require cooking and reducing household air pollution through improved cooking fuels and stoves decreases the risk of respiratory infections, chronic obstructive lung disease and lung cancer (when coal is used).

Question No. 446 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to the current pandemic of new influenza A (H1N1): (a) what is the key leadership shown by the organizational reporting chart, from the two lead ministries, the Public Health Agency of Canada and Public Safety Canada, through to the deputy ministers; (b) what is the decision-making process to determine which of the two ministries leads on issues; (c) what, if any, funding requests have been made by government departments for pandemic planning since the beginning of the pandemic in Canada; (d) what, if any, additional funding is required to ensure all government departments have tested their H1N1 plans and rolled them out to their employees; (e) what, if any, specific agreements have been ...[+++]signed with the provinces and territories, and which, if any, agreements still need to be signed; (f) what are the government’s identified critical services, what is the decision-making process to reduce services if required, and who has responsibility for these decisions; (g) how will the government acquire and distribute medical countermeasures if required; (h) what guidance is being provided to foreign missions, including consulates, embassies, high commissions and trade offices, and what is the decision-making process to reduce services, or repatriate staff; (i) what guidance is being provided to the Canadian Forces, including the army, the air force and the navy, and what recommendations are being made for military personnel; (j) with regard to recommendations being made to the Canadian Forces and military personnel concerning vaccinations, what processes are in place to (i) re-evaluate policies as required, (ii) ensure legal compliance and respect ethical considerations, (iii) ensure protection of our troops in Afghanistan; (k) on what date was the pandemic vaccine ordered, and what, if any, effect did having only one supplier, or the decision to use adjuvant, had on the delivery date for the H1N1 vaccine; (l) what, i ...

These and other indoor air contaminants can cause or exacerbate many different ailments, including asthma, respiratory infections, and allergies.