Indiscriminate land development activities and poorly planned built environment can lead to environmental degradation and subsequently adve rse impact on public health.
Begum (2007), pointed out that sprawling peripheral land developments and indiscriminate fillings of lowlands are results of severe urban land management problems.
According to Alam (2011), sky-rocketing land values of the megacity Dhaka is the main reasons for sprawling peripheral land developments and indiscriminate fillings of lowlands.
World over, malaria control has focused on pharmacological intervention, vector control, curtailing irrational and indiscriminate use of antimalarials, and the development of vaccines.
While antimicrobial drugs have changed the prognosis of such patients, their excessive and indiscriminate use has led to the development of resistant microorganisms, infection with Clostridium difficile, and other adverse events [ 1, 3, 6, 11– 11].
The indiscriminate use of antibiotics led to the development of resistance to many commonly used antimicrobial medications.
In addition, the excessive and indiscriminate use of antifungal agents favors the development of resistant strains [ 31].
This is partly due to the indiscriminate use of antimicrobial drugs and the development of microbial resistance to some of the synthetic drugs [ 2].
Among other factors, this was attributed to a decline in natural enemies, which previously controlled the pest, and to development of resistance due to indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides in soybean fields [ 23].
