Risk of faecal pollution among waste handlers in a resource-deprived coastal peri-urban settlement in Southern Ghana

Resource-deprived coastal peri-urban settlements in Southern Ghana are characterized by indiscriminate solid waste disposal and open defecation practices. Persons engaged in waste handling in such communities perform their activities with little or no personal protective equipment. They are thus con...

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Main Authors: James-Paul Kretchy, Mawuli Dzodzomenyo, Irene Ayi, Duah Dwomoh, Kofi Agyabeng, Flemming Konradsen, Anders Dalsgaard, Mentore Vaccari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7531843/?tool=EBI