Vol. 8(1), pp. 31-35, 2020
ISSN: 2354-2381
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Prevalence of Water Borne Diseases in Relation to the Sources of Water in Some Riverine Communities of Bayelsa State
Ebibodere K. Baulch1; Ebenezer Amawulu2; *Tariwari C.N. Angaye2
1Department of Haematology and Immunology, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
2Departmentof Biological Sciences, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State.
Article No.: 060920077
Type: Research
The universal importance of water to life cannot be overemphasized. Unfortunately, water have a means of transmitting diseases of public health concern. Consequently, that caution to scrutinize and prioritize the utilization of every drop of water have become a mainstay. This research is concern with the prevalence of some water-borne diseases in some coastal communities along the River Nun axis of Bayelsa State. Data acquisition was through a randomized structured questionnaire, and existing PHC facilities. Based on preferred sources of water, the use of borehole water recorded the highest frequency (45.79%), while shallow-dug pit water recorded the lowest frequency (15.93%) with significance (p<0.05). River (20.52%) and Rain water (18.29%) was statistically related (p>0.05). The Water Borne Diseases (WBDs) were typhoid (37.85%), malaria (32.11%), Cholera (20.56 %) and shigellosis (10.06%). With the exception of malaria and typhoid the prevalence of WBDs was statistically significant (p<0.05). This result is an indication that there is an anthropogenic contamination of community source of water. This is a cause for public health interventions and community-based sensitization on the dangers of this diseases and aseptic use of water.
Accepted: 09/06/2020
Published:
27/06/2020
*Corresponding Author
Tariwari C. N Angaye
E-mail: tcnangaye@ gmail.com
Phone: +2347037889063
Keywords:
Water; Coastal communities; Diseases; Bayelsa State
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