Open AccessContribution of Water Pollution From Inadequate Sanitation and Housing Quality to Diarrheal Disease in Low-Cost Housing Settlements of Cape Town, South Africa
Author(s) -
Thashlin Govender,
Jo Barnes,
Clarissa H. Pieper
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2010.300107
Subject(s) - sanitation , environmental health , toilet , cape , human settlement , diarrheal disease , waterborne diseases , socioeconomics , surface runoff , water quality , indicator bacteria , environmental protection , geography , environmental science , diarrhea , medicine , environmental engineering , fecal coliform , ecology , archaeology , sociology , biology
We investigated the effects of failing sanitation, poor housing conditions, and fecal pollution in runoff water on the health-particularly the incidence of diarrheal disease-of residents of low-cost housing settlements in Cape Town, South Africa.