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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2025

Assessment of the Status of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Services at Primary Schools in uMfolozi Local Municipality, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa.

Lindokuhle C Radebe, Matlou I Mokgobu, Gomotsegang F Molelekwa, Matodzi M Mokoena

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Lindokuhle C RadebeDepartment of Environmental Health, Tshwane University of Technology, Private Bag X680, Pretoria Campus, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-1004-0490
Matlou I MokgobuDepartment of Environmental Health, Tshwane University of Technology, Private Bag X680, Pretoria Campus, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Gomotsegang F MolelekwaDepartment of Environmental Health, Tshwane University of Technology, Private Bag X680, Pretoria Campus, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Matodzi M MokoenaDepartment of Environmental Health, Tshwane University of Technology, Private Bag X680, Pretoria Campus, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-1315-5696

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NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION MND210601605367
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study assessed the status of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services at (49) selected primary schools in uMfolozi Local Municipality, which is situated in the province of Kwa-Zulu Natal in South Africa. Data were collected using an observational checklist tool and by conducting a walk-through survey to inspect the conditions of sanitary facilities, observe the hand-washing practices of the school learners, and analyse the accessibility to safe drinking water in school premises. The data were analysed with the Statistical Package for Social Science Version 29. This study revealed that there is easy access to safe drinking water in all but one school. The dependability of the water supply seemed to be one of the most urgent problems in every school, even though all of them have some kind of drinking water infrastructure on their grounds. Municipal water (

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Drinking WaterHygieneSanitationSchoolsWater SupplyChildHumansSouth AfricaDrinking Waterdrinking pointshandwashingsafe drinking watersanitation facilitiesschool water sanitation and hygienewater availability and reliabilitywater supply infrastructure

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