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Assessing Hygienic Status, Sanitation Issues, and Associated Problems in Dambi Dollo Town, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 May 2022

Tolera Kuma Eticha Open the ORCID record for Tolera Kuma Eticha [Opens in a new window]  and
Melkamu Tamiru Adisu
Tolera Kuma Eticha*
Affiliation:
Lecturer & Researcher at Ambo University, College of Natural and Computational Sciences–Biology Department, Ambo Town, Ambo, Oromia, Ethiopia
Melkamu Tamiru Adisu
Affiliation:
Lecturer & Researcher at Dambi Dollo University, College of Natural and Computational Sciences–Biology Department, Dambi Dollo, Oromia, Ethiopia
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Correspondence: Tolera Kuma Eticha Ambo University College of Natural and Computational Sciences Department of Biology AmboTown, Ambo, Oromia, Ethiopia E-mail: tolerakuma@gmail.com
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Abstract

The pollutants discharged untreated into water bodies become a challenge in Ethiopia. This study aims to assess sanitation and hygiene status and the associated problems. A total of 500 households were selected using a systematic random sampling technique. Questionnaires, interviews, and site observation were employed. The absence of public and communal latrines had been seen as the constraint. The present study confirmed that waste disposal management has serious problems. In conclusion, these findings revealed that part of the households are living in communities with the town-owned poor sanitary facilities and that further studies are encouraged on waste disposal management.

Keywords

assessmentDambi Dollo Townhygienepollutionsanitation
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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , August 2022 , pp. 455 - 461
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine

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