CRTC for Human Sustainable Development and Health: Publications and Activities



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Training course in Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan from 30 April to 4^th May 2001 on recreational waters monitoring and beaches control Use of water for recreation and entertainment may be not only noticeably profitable for population, but also affect human health and environment. While use of recreational waters it is necessary to consider range of human affecting factors. Microbiological dangers, which are faced with while use of recreational waters, include virus, bacterial and primary pathogens. Alimentary diseases caught in recreational waters usually cause the main trouble, despite that swimming is also connected with serious diseases of respiratory tracts, eye, ear, nose and throat infections. There are lots of dangerous factors in recreational waters’ maintenance, but they usually have local or regional expansion. They are as follows: chemical pollution; by-water animals dangerous for people; poisonous vertebrates and invertebrates and non-poisonous disease spreaders. In regard to recreational waters’ quality and their impact to human health the main pollution sources are domestic, agricultural and industrial wastes, brought by rivers, and also waste waters of local population. In addition to regular discharges, irregular discharges may occur due to storm water and overflows, and other uncontrolled discharges. In the frames of CEP, the International training course for recreational waters’ quality and control on beaches was held in Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan on 30 April - 4^th May 2001. The Training was held by: International Consultants from WHO: Katherine Pond and Steven Pedley, senior staff scientists of Robens Centre (Surrey University, UK) for public and environmental human health. Caspian Regional Thematic Centre "Sustainable Human Development and Health" of Caspian Environment Programme is responsible for conduction of the Training course. Participants: representatives from 5 littoral states. Aims of the course were demonstration of necessity of recreational waters’ monitoring and beaches’ quality for human health protection; strengthening of management in littoral zones, identification of important link between monitoring and recovery works. Objectives of the Training course were: Familiarization with background information on recreational waters’ monitoring. Provision of training in field and laboratory environment for water quality analyses. Arrangement of pilot projects on recreational waters’ monitoring in Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Iran, in accordance with the Protocol, establish by WHO.