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30 cze 2022 · The negative health effects of water pollution remain the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Different from the existing literature review, this paper mainly studies the impact of water pollution on human health according to the heterogeneity of diseases.
9 paź 2024 · Suboptimal water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices constitute a serious public health risk, affecting one-third of the world's population. Remarkable progress has been made to improve WASH; however, challenges remain, with rapid population growth adding pressure on WASH systems. This study explores the current state of WASH practices and diseases in Africa, identifies challenges, and ...
11 kwi 2022 · The capacity of a population to safeguard sustainable access to adequate quantities and acceptable quality of water for sustaining livelihoods of human well-being and socioeconomic growth; as...
30 cze 2022 · Background: More than 80% of sewage generated by human activities is discharged into rivers and oceans without any treatment, which results in environmental pollution and more than 50 diseases....
24 cze 2021 · Water quality is of a great concern globally because the decline in its quality due to contamination has great economic and public health burden [5, 7, 10]. In South Africa, surface waters such as rivers, lakes, ponds, and streams are key components for water supply due to the numerous dams that are fed from them.
18 lip 2023 · In this model, organic water pollution in sub-Saharan Africa more than quadruples by 2100, leaving 1.5 billion people exposed to unsafe water.
17 lip 2023 · To assess the potential impact of future changes in surface water quality, we link simulated in-stream pollutant concentrations to key water quality thresholds for human uses and...
