International Seminar on Environmental Health: The professional challenges in the 21st century

organised by

Public Health Faculty of Airlangga University

in collaboration with

Indonesian Environmental Health Specialist Association

Surabaya, INDONESIA12 – 14 December 2008

 

THE STATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

IN

SINGAPORE

2008

 

Presented by  

Mr JOHN GerizimSecretary, Society of Environmental Health, SINGAPORE

Secretary, Asia and Pacific Regional Group,International Federation of Environmental Health

 with acknowledgements to

National Environment Agency [NEA], Singapore for the facts and figures in this paper-presentation

 

Dengue Cases

Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 (E-week 48)Cases 14,209 3,126 8,826 6,086

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Chikungunya Cases

As of E-week 48, there were 149 imported cases and 323 local cases.

Weekly Incidence of Chikungunya(As at ewk 48)

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35

40

Ewk Onset Date

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Imported cases Local Cases

Typhoid and Paratyphoid

83

110

98

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40

60

80

100

120

2006 2007 2008 (EW 1-44)

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Food-borne Diseases

Viral Hepatitis A

146

8895

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100

120

140

160

2006 2007 2008 (EW 1-44)

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Food-borne Diseases

Food-borne Diseases

Viral Hepatitis E

3135

41

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

2006 2007 2008 (EW 1-44)

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Food-borne Diseases

Cholera

0

7

1

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

2006 2007 2008 (EW 1-44)

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Smoking Ban – Current List Of Smoking Prohibited Places

•Amusement centre.

•Foodshop [except designated smoking corner not exceeding 20% of the total floor area of that outdoor refreshment area] 

•Air-conditioned hall, ballroom or function room of hotels when it is used for holding a meeting, conference, seminar, course or an exhibition or for the purpose of serving meals.

•Cinema or theatre.

•Enclosed premises of a bank to which members of the public have access

•Any clinical laboratory, healthcare establishment, hospital, maternity home, medical clinic or nursing home.

•Indoor ice-skating rink, roller-skating rink or roller-discotheque.

•Indoor sports arena, bowling alley, billiard saloon, gymnasium or aerobic or fitness centre.

•Lift

•Public library or any library in any institution of higher learning.

•Public museum or public art gallery.

•Air-conditioned office premises

Smoking Ban – Current List Of Smoking Prohibited Places

•Taxi

•Air-conditioned factory.

•Enclosed or air-conditioned corridor, lobby, stairwell or other common area of buildings which consists of office premises

•The Supreme Court, the Subordinate Courts and Small Claims Tribunals.

•Air-conditioned area in the terminal buildings of Singapore Changi Airport

•Any air-conditioned shopping mall or complex, including any shop, atrium, corridor, lobby, stairwell or other area within the shopping mall or complex, but excluding any place or premises used as a discotheque, pub, bar, lounge or night club.

•Underground pedestrian walkway.

•Area occupied by a queue of 2 or more persons in a public place.

•Air-conditioned shop.

•Air-conditioned restaurant, bowling alley, billiard saloon, arcade games room, gymnasium, fitness centre, library, reading room, theatre or cinema in any private club.

•School compound

Smoking Ban – Current List Of Smoking Prohibited Places

•Enclosed or air-conditioned part of any building, hall of residence, canteen, lecture theatre, sports and recreation centre or stairwell in any university.

•Public swimming pool

•Public toilets

•Sports stadium, including any facility, shop or common area within its compound.

•Community building, community centre or community club

•Bus interchange and bus terminus

•Hawker centre [except designated smoking corner not exceeding 20% of the total outdoor seating capacity; or where the hawker centre does not have an outdoor refreshment area – an area not exceeding 10% of the total indoor seating capacity.]

•Discotheque, pub, bar, lounge or night club [except designated smoking corner not exceeding 20% of the total floor area of that outdoor refreshment area]

•Omnibus.

•Private bus.

•Private hire bus.

•School bus.

Smoking Ban – Extension Of Smoking Prohibited Places From 1 Jan 2009

New Places to be covered under the smoking ban:

•Children’s playgrounds

•Exercise areas

•Markets

•Underground and multi—storey carparks, ferry terminals and jetties.

•Non - air conditioned areas in offices, factories, shops, shopping complexes and lift lobbies.

Smoking Ban – Enforcement Efforts

Enforcement Against Smokers

1391

4024 4069

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500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

4000

4500

2006 2007 2008 [1 Jan - 31 Oct 08]

Smoking Ban – Enforcement Efforts

Enforcement Against Management Of Premises

59

355

177

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

2006 2007 2008 [1 Jan - 31 Oct 08]

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