Understanding water, sanitation, and hygiene situation through participatory appraisal in urban slum of Dhaka City
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Fahmida Dil Farzana 1 , Daluwar Hossain 1 , Mahfuzur Rahman 2 , Quamrun Nahar 1 , Shams El Arifeen 1 , Tahmeed Ahmed 1 , Mustafa Mahfuz 1 *
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1 icddr,b, Mohakhali, Dhaka, BANGLADESH2 School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, AUSTRALIA* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) is an imperative issue for infection prevention, and disease control. To understand the existing resources, and WASH situation, a participatory appraisal was conducted at Bauniabadh slum, Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh from February-March 2022, and June-July 2023. Social mapping, transect walk, and informal discussion were conducted to identify available resources in the community for maintaining WASH, and also understand the challenges related to these; explore the surrounding cleanliness, waste disposal, and drainage system. Most of the households (HHs) fetched water from the nearest supply stations. Few families did not treat drinking water for purification; the gas flow was not sufficient to boil drinking water most of the time. A number of HHs did not clean their water reservoirs regularly, resulting in odor in supplied water. Regular garbage removal system was absent. WASH being a communal issue in slum setting, community engagement for WASH management is strongly recommended.

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Article Type: Research Article

EUR J ENV PUBLIC HLT, Volume 8, Issue 4, 2024, Article No: em0165

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejeph/15585

Publication date: 06 Nov 2024

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