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Hindi Research Article
Excreta-Related Infections and the Role of Latrines to Control the Transmission in Ethiopia
Samuel F*Department of Medicine, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia
- *Corresponding Author:
- Fikresilasie Samuel
Department of Medicine
Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia
Tel: +251929050512
E-mail: fikre16sam@gmail.com
Received date: June 15, 2016; Accepted date: October 13, 2016; Published date: November 30, 2016
Citation: Samuel F (2016) Excreta-related Infections and the Role of Latrines to Control the Transmission in Ethiopia. J Community Med Health Educ 6:496. doi: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000496
Copyright: © 2016 Samuel F. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Unimproved sanitation facilities and open defecation practices are common factors for the occurrence of excreta related infections (ERIs) in Ethiopia. These diseases can easily be controlled if every person uses a properly constructed and improved latrine system. Hence, the objective of this review is to assess the current status of ERIs and the role of latrines to control the transmission. Excreta related infections were high in burden as compared to the global situation. This is directly related to the access and use of improved sanitation facilities. In Ethiopia only 27% of the current population has access to improved latrines, which is below the expected outcome. Moreover, the reports showed inter-urban and urban-rural disparities in access to improved latrines. Reduction of ERIs morbidity was reported in different studies after latrine construction. In conclusion, it is already obvious that escalation of latrine coverage and awareness to the society about sanitation, maintenance of latrines improve the burden of these infections. Hence, government concerned bodies, health extension programmers and the society together should work to reduce sanitary related disease by scale up low cost sanitary technologies.
