Journal of Environmental Research

The sanitary impact of air pollution in North Africa

Joint Event on 5^th International Conference on Pollution Control and Sustainable Environment & 10^th Edition of International Conference on Water: Pollution, Treatment & Research
March 14-16, 2019 London, UK

Mourad Terniche, Youcef Laid, Samia Taright and Nouredine Zidouni

CHU Mustapha, Algeria

ScientificTracks Abstracts: J Environ Res

Abstract

The developing countries are facing deterioration of the air quality; many factors are incremented, the most important are the traffic sector and the rapid industrialization. The situation which prevails in emerging countries is not known enough. In Algeria, every year 10 to 12 million inhabitants consult for acute episodes of respiratory diseases. Number of these episodes is directly linked to exposure to air pollution. A period of April 2013 to March 2015, 20,606 patients were received in our consultations. The respiratory symptoms represent 11.23% of the reason for consultation; more part of patients was female with a mean age of 42. The mean reason for consultation was asthma at 28.51%. The upper respiratory tract infection represented 28.38%. COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) represented 73.4% of inpatients, essentially people with comorbidity. The daily average level of the PM10 (particulate matter) was 53 μg/m3. There is a correlation between the daily levels of particles PM10 and the mortality, the hospitalizations and the exacerbation of respiratory symptoms. The impact of the exposure to the PM10 represents 3.4% of all sanitary events. So, a decrease in the PM10 level implies an improvement in public health. Monitoring and management of air pollution is a priority for environmental protection and public health.

Biography

Mourad Terniche pursued his PhD from Algiers University and Postdoctoral studies from Algiers University School of Medicine (Algeria). His educational qualification includes Doctor of General Medicine 1996, Diploma of Special Medical Studies (DEMS) in Pneumo-Phthisiology 2001. He is an Assistant Professor in Pneumo-Phthisiology. He has been a speaker at several national and international conferences.