ArticleJournal of health, population, and nutrition2010
Suffering for water, suffering from water: access to drinking-water and associated health risks in Cameroon.
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- Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Africa: current and future challenges.Parasites & vectors · 2017Review
- Water Access, Sanitation, and Hygiene Conditions and Health Outcomes among Two Settlement Types in Rural Far North Cameroon.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
- Prevalence of pathogenic free-living amoeba and other protozoa in natural and communal piped tap water from Queen Elizabeth protected area, Uganda.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2016Article
- Muddying the waters: a new area of concern for drinking water contamination in Cameroon.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2014Article
- Pathways among Caregiver Education, Household Resources, and Infant Growth in 39 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Infancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant StudiesArticle
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Abstract
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. In many households, water is used for various purposes, including domestic and crafts activities. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated four billion cases of diarrheoa occurs worldwide, of which 88% are ascribed to unsafe drinking-water. This study aimed at evaluating health risks in the usage of contaminated drinking-water and its relationship with the prevalence of diarrhoeal diseases in Yaound6, Cameroon. In this cross-sectional epidemiological design, 3,034 households with children aged less than five years were investigated. Households were selected from among 20 representative neighbourhoods out of 105 that made up the city. The study revealed a diarrheoa prevalence of 14.4% (437 diarrheoa cases out of 3,034 children tested). Among various risk factors examined, water-supply modes and quality of drinking-water were statistically associated with diarrheoa cases. Moreover, levels of diarrheoa attacks varied considerably from one neighbourhood to the other. The spatial analysis helped determine neighbourhoods of higher and lower prevalence of diarrheoa in the city.
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