Determining the association between household drinking water handling practices and bacteriological quality of drinking water at the point-of-use in the rural communities of Murewa district, Zimbabwe

Magister Public Health - MPH === There is growing awareness that drinking water can become contaminated following its collection from safe communal sources such as boreholes, as well as during transportation and storage in the house. Drinking water is the most important source of gastroentric diseas...

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Main Author: Rameck, Makokove
Other Authors: Mathews, Verona
Language:en
Published: University of the Western Cape 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6859
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spelling ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-uwc-oai-etd.uwc.ac.za-11394-68592019-07-19T03:12:46Z Determining the association between household drinking water handling practices and bacteriological quality of drinking water at the point-of-use in the rural communities of Murewa district, Zimbabwe Rameck, Makokove Mathews, Verona Coliforms Quality of water Zimbabwe Escherichia coli Communal water sources Magister Public Health - MPH There is growing awareness that drinking water can become contaminated following its collection from safe communal sources such as boreholes, as well as during transportation and storage in the house. Drinking water is the most important source of gastroentric diseases worldwide, mainly due to post collection contamination of drinking water. Globally, waterborne diseases are a major public health problem, causing millions of deaths annually. Aim: To determine the association between household drinking water handling practices and bacteriological quality of drinking water at the point-of-use in the rural communities of Murewa district in Zimbabwe. 2019-06-07T10:47:32Z 2019-06-07T10:47:32Z 2018 http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6859 en University of the Western Cape University of the Western Cape
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topic Coliforms
Quality of water
Zimbabwe
Escherichia coli
Communal water sources
spellingShingle Coliforms
Quality of water
Zimbabwe
Escherichia coli
Communal water sources
Rameck, Makokove
Determining the association between household drinking water handling practices and bacteriological quality of drinking water at the point-of-use in the rural communities of Murewa district, Zimbabwe
description Magister Public Health - MPH === There is growing awareness that drinking water can become contaminated following its collection from safe communal sources such as boreholes, as well as during transportation and storage in the house. Drinking water is the most important source of gastroentric diseases worldwide, mainly due to post collection contamination of drinking water. Globally, waterborne diseases are a major public health problem, causing millions of deaths annually. Aim: To determine the association between household drinking water handling practices and bacteriological quality of drinking water at the point-of-use in the rural communities of Murewa district in Zimbabwe.
author2 Mathews, Verona
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Rameck, Makokove
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title Determining the association between household drinking water handling practices and bacteriological quality of drinking water at the point-of-use in the rural communities of Murewa district, Zimbabwe
title_short Determining the association between household drinking water handling practices and bacteriological quality of drinking water at the point-of-use in the rural communities of Murewa district, Zimbabwe
title_full Determining the association between household drinking water handling practices and bacteriological quality of drinking water at the point-of-use in the rural communities of Murewa district, Zimbabwe
title_fullStr Determining the association between household drinking water handling practices and bacteriological quality of drinking water at the point-of-use in the rural communities of Murewa district, Zimbabwe
title_full_unstemmed Determining the association between household drinking water handling practices and bacteriological quality of drinking water at the point-of-use in the rural communities of Murewa district, Zimbabwe
title_sort determining the association between household drinking water handling practices and bacteriological quality of drinking water at the point-of-use in the rural communities of murewa district, zimbabwe
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