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Understanding water, sanitation, and hygiene situation through participatory appraisal in urban slum of Dhaka City

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) is an imperative issue for infection prevention, and disease control. To understand the existing resources, and WASH situation, a participatory appraisal was conducted at Bauniabadh slum, Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh from February-March 2022, and June-July 2023. Social mapping, transect walk, and informal discussion were conducted to identify available resources in the community for maintaining WASH, and also understand the challenges related to these; explore the surrounding cleanliness, waste disposal, and drainage system. Most of the households (HHs) fetched water from the nearest supply stations. Few families did not treat drinking water for purification; the gas flow was not sufficient to boil drinking water most of the time. A number of HHs did not clean their water reservoirs regularly, resulting in odor in supplied water. Regular garbage removal system was absent. WASH being a communal issue in slum setting, community engagement for WASH management is strongly recommended.

Source: European Journal of Environment and Public Health

DOI: 10.29333/ejeph/15585

Authors: Fahmida Dil Farzana, Daluwar Hossain, Mahfuzur Rahman, Quamrun Nahar, Shams El Arifeen, Tahmeed Ahmed, Mustafa Mahfuz

Institutions: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, The University of Queensland

Language: English

Topic: Child Nutrition and Water Access

Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics

Field: Nursing

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Clean water and sanitation, Sustainable cities and communities, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4404109286

FWCI: 0.694

Cites: 13

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10