Diarrhoeal disease in relation to possible household risk factors in South African villages

T Kapwata, A Mathee, WJ Le Roux… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Diarrhoeal disease is a significant contributor to child morbidity and mortality, particularly in
the developing world. Poor sanitation, a lack of personal hygiene and inadequate water …

[PDF][PDF] Risk factors of diarrheal disease among children in the East African countries of Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania

BJ OConnell, MA Quinn, P Scheuerman - Global J Med Public Health, 2017 - gjmedph.com
Diarrheal diseases are a leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality globally and in
East Africa. Determining diarrheal disease risk factors and their strength of association to …

[HTML][HTML] Suffering for water, suffering from water: access to drinking-water and associated health risks in Cameroon

HBN Yongsi - Journal of health, population, and nutrition, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Although many African countries, along the equator, receive a great amount of rainfall and
possess a dense hydrographic network, access to drinking-water remains a great challenge …

Environmental health factors associated with diarrhoeal diseases among underfive children in the Sebeta town of Ethiopia

AI Mohammed, L Zungu - Southern African journal of infectious …, 2016 - journals.co.za
The aim of this study was to assess and explore household environmental health factors
associated with the occurrence of diarrhoea experienced by children under five years of age …

[PDF][PDF] Childhood diarrheal morbidity in the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana: socio-economic, environmental and behavioral risk determinants

KO Boadi, M Kuitunen - Journal of Health & Population in …, 2005 - researchgate.net
Diarrhea has been identified as a major cause of childhood morbidity in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The study examines two weeks incidence of diarrhea among children under six years in …

Joint effect of water and sanitation practices on childhood diarrhoea in sub-Saharan Africa

I Amadu, AA Seidu, KK Agyemang, F Arthur-Holmes… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Diarrhoea remains the major cause of morbidity and mortality of children under
five years in Africa. Several studies have shown that inadequate and unsafe water, lack of …

Behavioural and environmental determinants of childhood diarrhoea in Chikwawa, Malawi

SJ Masangwi, TD Morse, NS Ferguson, G Zawdie… - Desalination, 2009 - Elsevier
The Scotland Chikwawa Health Initiative (SCHI) is carrying out health interventions aimed at
achieving measurable results in major causes of disease and death in four villages in …

The impact of drinking water quality and sanitation on child health: Evidence from rural Ethiopia

MA Usman, N Gerber, J von Braun - The Journal of Development …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This paper examines the association between stored drinking water quality and sanitation
on diarrhoea incidence among under-five children in Ethiopia. Using primary household …

Bacterial contamination of stored water and stored food: a potential source of diarrhoeal disease in West Africa

K Mølbak, N Højlyng, S Jepsen… - Epidemiology & Infection, 1989 - cambridge.org
The food and water hygiene in two Liberian communities was studied in a house-to-house
diarrhoea survey. The level of contamination with enterobacteria of drinking water stored in …

[引用][C] The effects of supplied water quality on human health in an urban development with limited basic subsistence facilities

P Jagals, WOK Grabow, E Williams - Water Sa, 1997 - espace.library.uq.edu.au
Domestic unavailability of water supply in South Africa often leads to improper use of
supplied or other unsafe sources of water. The relationship between water quality, water …