H. B. Nguendo Yongsi and Thora M. Herrmann and A. Lutumba Ntetu and Rémy Sietchiping and Christopher
Bryant
Environmental Sanitation and Health Risks in Tropical Urban Settings Case Study of Household Refuse and Diarrhea in YaoundéCameroon
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2008
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International Journal of Biomedical and Biological Engineering
https://publications.waset.org/pdf/1548
https://publications.waset.org/vol/20
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
Health problems linked to urban growth are current
major concerns of developing countries. In 2002 and 2005, an
interdisciplinary program “Populations et Espaces á Risques
SANitaires" (PERSAN) was set up under the patronage of the
Development and Research Institute. Centered on health in
Cameroons urban environment, the program mainly sought to (i)
identify diarrhoea risk factors in Yaoundé, (ii) to measure their
prevalence and apprehend their spatial distribution. The crosssectional
epidemiological study that was carried out revealed a
diarrheic prevalence of 14.4 (437 cases of diarrhoea on the 3,034
children examined). Also, among risk factors studied, household
refuse management methods used by city dwellers were statistically
associated to these diarrhoeas. Moreover, it happened that levels of
diarrhoeal attacks varied consistently from one neighbourhood to
another because of the discrepancy urbanization process of the
Yaoundé metropolis.
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