ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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Drought
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Not having proper waste-disposal systems
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nuclear power plants
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deforestation
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Detailed explanation-1: -A lack of clean water increases the risk of diarrhoeal diseases as cholera, typhoid fever and dysentery, and other water-borne tropical diseases. Water scarcity can also lead to diseases such as trachoma (an eye infection that can lead to blindness), plague and typhus.
Detailed explanation-2: -Waterborne illness is primarily caused by swallowing contaminated recreational or drinking water.
Detailed explanation-3: -In West Africa, water quality and sanitation receive little attention. As a consequence, waterborne diseases such as cholera, diarrhea or recently the Ebola fever are recurrent in the region.
Detailed explanation-4: -Schistosomiasis is a serious water-borne disease of public health importance in southern Africa and is characterised by high morbidity and negative socio-economic repercussions.