Perception of Drinking Water and Diseases Associated with it in the Rural Areas of Sindh, Pakistan
Journal Title: International journal of Emerging Trends in Science and Technology - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 6
Abstract
In the rural areas the vast majority of people mostly on drinking ground water. Ground water in some areas contains contaminants and heavy metals, and bacteria and amoeba and other pathogens, which might cause number of diseases. The quality of drinking water and its associated diseases have not been extensively studied in the rural areas of Sindh. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the level of perception of respondents living in the rural areas of Sindh. This was a cross sectional survey based study carried out from January 2016 to December 2016. Data was collected through the interview based structured questionnaire. Out of 241, majority of the respondents were drinking ground water (56%) and (27.8%) were using the treated water as the drinking water source. 12% were using surface water and only 1.3% relied on drinking bottled water and 2.9% were using boiled water as the source of drinking water. The highest reported disease was diarrhea (38.6%) followed by the vomiting. (19.1%). 15.3% reported that they suffered from kidney problems and 5.8% reported to suffer from hepatitis. 21.2% responded that they did not suffer from any water borne diseases during the reported year.
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Nimra Masood Baig
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