Spatial Analysis of Risk Factors of Potable Water and The Efficiency of HIV/AIDS in Ekiti State, Nigeria
##plugins.themes.bootstrap3.article.main##
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) have been a major problem around the world, and various control have been put in place to tame this potentially life-threatening virus. The research aims to expose the relationship between HIV/AIDS and potable water. However, it is generally believed that the virus cannot be contacted through water, but the interface between HIV/AIDS may likely be influenced through scarcity of water. The data for this research was collected through administration of questionnaire to people leaving with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) at major health institutions in the three senatorial districts in Ekiti state. The data collected were analyzed using statistical tools and the results show that 44.5% of the respondents believed that water availability can reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS infection around the study area. 84.5% of the respondents had an increased need of water after HIV infections. While 92.7% of the respondents agreed HIV positive people have increased need for better hygiene and sanitation. The study discovers that water, sanitation, hygiene and population are agents determining the spread of HIV/AIDS in the environment. Thus, planning and proper spread of infrastructure that support supply of potable water will reduce and control the virus.
Downloads
References
-
Bloomfield G.S, Khazanie P, Morris A, Rabadán-Diehl C, Benjamin L.A, Murdoch D, Hicks C (2014). HIV and non-communicable cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases in low-and middle-income countries in the ART era: what we know and best directions for future research. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 67(0 1), S40.
DOI | Google Scholar
1
-
Lule, J. R., Mermin, J., Ekwaru, J. P., Malamba, S., Downing, R., Ransom, R. & Kaharuza, F. (2005). Effect of home-based water chlorination and safe storage on diarrhea among persons with human immunodeficiency virus in Uganda. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 73(5), 926-933.
DOI | Google Scholar
2
-
Mackinnon, E., Ayah, R., Taylor, R., Owor, M., Ssempebwa, J., Olago, L. D., & Fottrell, E. (2019). 21st century research in urban WASH and health in sub-Saharan Africa: methods and outcomes in transition. International journal of environmental health research, 29(4), 457-478.
DOI | Google Scholar
3
-
Ekiti State Action Committee on AIDS (2009) Ekiti State HIV/AIDS Response Review 2004-2008. Ado Ekiti, EKSACA.
Google Scholar
4
-
Keating, J., Meekers, D., & Adewuyi, A. (2006). Assessing effects of a media campaign on HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention in Nigeria: results from the VISION Project. BMC Public health, 6(1), 123.
DOI | Google Scholar
5
-
Loucks, D. P., & Van Beek, E. (2017). Water resource systems planning and management: An introduction to methods, models, and applications. Springer.
DOI | Google Scholar
6
-
Falkenmark, M., Rockstrom, J., & Rockström, J. (2004). Balancing water for humans and nature: the new approach in ecohydrology. Earthscan.
Google Scholar
7
-
UNICEF. (2007). The state of the world's children 2008: Child survival (Vol. 8). UNICEF.
DOI | Google Scholar
8
-
Ucha, C. (2010). Poverty in Nigeria: Some dimensions and contributing factors. Global Majority E-Journal, 1(1), 46-56.
Google Scholar
9
-
Hutton, G., Haller, L., Water, S., & World Health Organization. (2004). Evaluation of the costs and benefits of water and sanitation improvements at the global level (No. WHO/SDE/WSH/04.04). Geneva: World Health Organization.
Google Scholar
10
-
Hubbard, B., Sarisky, J., Gelting, R., Baffigo, V., Seminario, R., & Centurion, C. (2011). A community demand-driven approach toward sustainable water and sanitation infrastructure development. International journal of hygiene and environmental health, 214(4), 326-334.
DOI | Google Scholar
11