The WHO Green Page - Assessment of the Environmental Health Risks in Children.

Background: The objective of this study was to assess the possibility of implementation of the WHO Green Page as a tool to supplement basic medical interviews with environmental health risk factors for children.

Methods: The WHO Green Page questionnaire was tested on parents of children who visited family practice doctors.

Results: A total of 159 parents took part in the study.

Pediatric environmental medicine in Eastern Central Europe.

Pediatric environmental medicine in Central Eastern Europe needs support and development on national, institutional and individual basis. This situation is quantitatively, but not fundamentally different from what is to be found in Central Europe.

[The tobacco smoke as the main factor of in-door pollution in the aspect of the children health].

Taking the tobacco plant will cause close 450 millions of deaths worldwide within 50 closest years. The numerous epidemiological research is pointing that exposing children to the tobacco smoke is involving with more frequent occurrence of lower airways and middle ear diseases, asthma or SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome). Exposing in the childhood can involve the development of cancer also in adult patients.

[Current status of immunization against Haemophilus influenzae type b in children in Poland].

The estimated incidence of Hib infections in Poland is about 29/100,000 children below 5 years of age (like in UK), the number of invasive infections particularly of purulent Hib meningitis is about 425-850 cases yearly. It indicates on necessity of immunisation against Haemophilus influenzae type B. The first own experience in vaccination with TetractHib or ActHib in 368 infants confirmed its safety in agreement with large studies of many foreign authors.