Prevention Practices from Water Borne Diseases within Households in the Bamendankwe Municipality-North West Cameroon
Keywords:
waterborne diseases, cholera, typhoid fever, dysentery, purification, chlorination, dehydration, diarrhea
Abstract
In the developing countries four-fifth of all the illnesses are caused by water-borne diseases with diarrhoea leading to dehydration being the leading cause of childhood death Cholera typhoid fever and hepatitis A are caused by bacteria and are among the most common diarrheal diseases Other illnesses such as dysentery are caused by parasites that live in water contaminated by the feces of sick individuals The most common manifestation and cause of mortality in water borne diseases were as result of dehydration due to loss of copious amounts of electrolytes either in vomiting or diarrhea The research question for the study was What knowledge do households in Bamendankwe village possess in the practice of the prevention of water-borne diseases and what measures are employed in the prevention of the occurrence of water-borne diseases
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2014-10-15
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