Water quality and health in a Sahelian semi-arid urban context: an integrated geographical approach in Nouakchott, Mauritania

Water quality and health in a Sahelian semi-arid urban context: an integrated geographical approach in Nouakchott, Mauritania

Access to sufficient quantities of safe drinking water is a human right. Moreover, access to clean water is of public health relevance, particularly in semi-arid and Sahelian cities due to the risks of water contamination and transmission of water-borne diseases. We conducted a study in Nouakchott,...

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Main Authors:	Doulo Traoré, Ibrahima Sy, Jürg Utzinger, Michael Epprecht, Ives M. Kengne, Baidy Lô, Peter Odermatt, Ousmane Faye, Guéladio Cissé, Marcel Tanner
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PAGEPress Publications 2013-11-01
Series:	Geospatial Health
Subjects:	water, quality, contamination, microbiological analysis, socio-environmental data, risk profiling, diarrhoea, Mauritania.
Online Access:	http://www.geospatialhealth.net/index.php/gh/article/view/54

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