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Access to Water and Sanitation Infrastructures for Primary Schoolchildren in the South-Central Part of Côte d’Ivoire
In rural settings of Côte d’Ivoire, access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) at schools is often lacking. The purpose of this study was to assess the availability, quality, and use of WASH infrastructure in schools in the south-central part of Côte d’Ivoire, and to determine the hygiene pract...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8392625/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34444615 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168863 |
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author | Kouamé, Parfait K. Galli, Anaïs Peter, Maryna Loss, Georg Wassa, Diarassouba Bonfoh, Bassirou Utzinger, Jürg Winkler, Mirko S. |
author_facet | Kouamé, Parfait K. Galli, Anaïs Peter, Maryna Loss, Georg Wassa, Diarassouba Bonfoh, Bassirou Utzinger, Jürg Winkler, Mirko S. |
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description | In rural settings of Côte d’Ivoire, access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) at schools is often lacking. The purpose of this study was to assess the availability, quality, and use of WASH infrastructure in schools in the south-central part of Côte d’Ivoire, and to determine the hygiene practices of schoolchildren. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 20 primary schools with (n = 10) or without (n = 10) direct access to drinking water. The survey was comprised of a questionnaire directed at schoolchildren aged 8–17 years, an assessment of the WASH infrastructure, and the testing of drinking water samples for Escherichia coli and total coliforms. Overall, 771 schoolchildren were enrolled in the study. One out of four children (24.9%) reported that they used available toilets. Among those children not using toilets, more than half (57.5%) reported that they practised open defecation. Drinking water infrastructure was limited in most schools because of poor storage tanks, the low flow of water, or broken wells. All drinking water samples (n = 18) tested positive for total coliforms and 15 (83.3%) tested positive for E. coli. The lack of WASH infrastructures in primary schools in the south-central part of Côte d’Ivoire, in combination with poor hygiene practices, might govern disease transmission and absenteeism at school, especially among females. |
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spelling | pubmed-83926252021-08-28 Access to Water and Sanitation Infrastructures for Primary Schoolchildren in the South-Central Part of Côte d’Ivoire Kouamé, Parfait K. Galli, Anaïs Peter, Maryna Loss, Georg Wassa, Diarassouba Bonfoh, Bassirou Utzinger, Jürg Winkler, Mirko S. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article In rural settings of Côte d’Ivoire, access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) at schools is often lacking. The purpose of this study was to assess the availability, quality, and use of WASH infrastructure in schools in the south-central part of Côte d’Ivoire, and to determine the hygiene practices of schoolchildren. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 20 primary schools with (n = 10) or without (n = 10) direct access to drinking water. The survey was comprised of a questionnaire directed at schoolchildren aged 8–17 years, an assessment of the WASH infrastructure, and the testing of drinking water samples for Escherichia coli and total coliforms. Overall, 771 schoolchildren were enrolled in the study. One out of four children (24.9%) reported that they used available toilets. Among those children not using toilets, more than half (57.5%) reported that they practised open defecation. Drinking water infrastructure was limited in most schools because of poor storage tanks, the low flow of water, or broken wells. All drinking water samples (n = 18) tested positive for total coliforms and 15 (83.3%) tested positive for E. coli. The lack of WASH infrastructures in primary schools in the south-central part of Côte d’Ivoire, in combination with poor hygiene practices, might govern disease transmission and absenteeism at school, especially among females. MDPI 2021-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8392625/ /pubmed/34444615 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168863 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kouamé, Parfait K. Galli, Anaïs Peter, Maryna Loss, Georg Wassa, Diarassouba Bonfoh, Bassirou Utzinger, Jürg Winkler, Mirko S. Access to Water and Sanitation Infrastructures for Primary Schoolchildren in the South-Central Part of Côte d’Ivoire |
title | Access to Water and Sanitation Infrastructures for Primary Schoolchildren in the South-Central Part of Côte d’Ivoire |
title_full | Access to Water and Sanitation Infrastructures for Primary Schoolchildren in the South-Central Part of Côte d’Ivoire |
title_fullStr | Access to Water and Sanitation Infrastructures for Primary Schoolchildren in the South-Central Part of Côte d’Ivoire |
title_full_unstemmed | Access to Water and Sanitation Infrastructures for Primary Schoolchildren in the South-Central Part of Côte d’Ivoire |
title_short | Access to Water and Sanitation Infrastructures for Primary Schoolchildren in the South-Central Part of Côte d’Ivoire |
title_sort | access to water and sanitation infrastructures for primary schoolchildren in the south-central part of côte d’ivoire |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8392625/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34444615 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168863 |
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