Public Health Concerns Tag
Basically, the real issues are the concerning
figures from international developmental partners like UNICEF and UN in relation
to open defecation in Nigeria. From UNICEF, it is established that no fewer
than 46 million Nigerians are practicing open defecation. This has ranked the
country very high on the list...
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by Cornelius Okeke
Policy
Makers Should Identify Areas of Emergency Expansion
Areas for emergency expansion of hand-washing facilities such as soap stations and alcohol-based hand-rubs should be identified and be given needed attention. As during the Ebola outbreak, West African countries have swiftly and effectively deployed plastic water containers nicknamed...
A significant amount of disease could be prevented through access to safe water supply, adequate sanitation services and better hygiene practices. Diarrhea disease alone amounts to an estimated 3.6 % of the total daily global burden of disease and is responsible for the deaths of...
A Global Concern
A
recent United Nations Report has posited that while developing countries are
improving in areas of portable water, most especially in Sub Sahara Africa are
still burdened by sanitation and waste management problems. There is no gain
saying that greater percentage of the population, mainly women...
Target 6.2: End Open Defecation
and Provide Access to Sanitation And Hygiene
UN definition: ’’By
2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all
and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and
girls and those in vulnerable situations. Safe sanitation and hygiene’’.
Definition:...
