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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL EVALUATION AND PHYSICAL REPORT (IJMEPR )

E-ISSN 2579-0498
P-ISSN 2695-2181
VOL. 9 NO. 1 2025
DOI: 10.56201/ijmepr.v9.no1.2025.pg26.40

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Impact of Flooding on the Spread of Water-Borne Diseases in the Communities Living in Riverine Areas, Adamawa State

Nafisatu A.T, Saidu A.B and Adamu M

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Abstract

Flooding can potentially increase the spread of water-borne diseases. The relationship between flooding and outbreaks of infectious diseases is likely to be high. Flooding has a wide range of health consequences such as injury, an outbreak of gastroenteritis, respiratory infections, poisoning, communicable diseases, epidemic diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, and dengue fever, poor mental health, and disability, among others but in this study, we focus solely on infectious diseases. Six (6) communities were selected for the study based on accessibility. The communities are; (Ribadu, Rugange, Koh, Boranji, Murgarang, Ngwalang), Three hundred (300) households were randomly selected; 50 from each community. From each household, the heads were presented with the copy of the questionnaire to fill. In any household where the head is not literate, the content of the questions will be read to the respondent for guidance. This is continued until a sample size is obtain. Water sample was collected for isolation and identification of water-borne diseases in the affected communities. The findings of the research show that all the 300 households selected for the study were successfully interviewed using a structured questionnaire with a household response rate of 100 percent. Households whose Houses were affected by the Flood, revealed that Koh community of Girei local government has the highest proportion of houses impacted by the floods with (70.0 percent) of houses completely affected, followed by Ngwalang community of Numan local government (60.0 percent). However, Rugange community of Yola south local government was most partially impacted by floods with (40.0 percent) having their house affected. Households toilet system in the research communities, shows that majority of the households has no toilet system with (55.3 percent) and preferred open defecation, followed by (33.0 percent) households that managed pit toilet system and few

keywords:

Community, disease, riverine, outbreak, pathogen, pollutant, infection, disability

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