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Water sources, infrastructure, space and the dynamics of environmental diseases in Saboba District: Using GISinterestingly and conspicuously missing in the respondents ranking ofmost common diseases is RTI which is placed third in hospitals andofficial reports. The explanation is that 1) most patients are not told thedisease(s) they are being treated and therefore unaware of it presence(see Box 1), and 2) RTI is a group of related diseases and people mightnot be aware of all of them.Also, health campaign posters in the district reveal the direction ofemphasis on curative rather than preventive measures towardsenvironmental diseases, especially for malaria. As shown in Appendix IVö to r (seen in Wapuli Health Centre), three out of the four posters werecurative campaign towards malaria, while the remaining one waspreventive measure (the use of mosquito net). It is pertinent to note thatnone of the four campaign posters against malaria has anything to dowith reducing mosquito breeding. Comparatively, all the three differenttypes of HIV/AIDS campaign posters were preventive ones. Otherposters in the said appendix, were preventive posters for diseases whichare either nonexistent, nearly eradicated or with very low rates in thedistrict such as Guinea worms, measles, elephantiasis and polio, thoughwith funding support from international community.Table 1a Respondents by place and sexPlaceSexMale Percent Female Percent TotalCentral township 14 60.8 9 39.1 23Toma 19 55.9 15 44.1 34Chief section 14 46.7 16 53.3 30Bordagbalm 13 81.3 3 18.8 16Wapuli 20 74.1 7 25.9 27Total 80 61.5 50 38.5 130Table 1b Ages of respondentsAge range Frequency Percent≤ 15 < 20 54 41.520-29 46 35.430-39 16 12.340-49 5 3.850-59 3 2.360-69 2 1.570-79 4 3.1Total 130 100Table 2 Educational level of respondentsEducational LevelPlaceNo Basic JHS/MS SHS Diplomat/ University TotaleducationTTC/NTCCentral Town 0 2 4 11 3 3 23Toma 4 3 1 23 2 1 34Chief-Section 8 0 2 18 0 1 29Bordagbalm 13 0 2 1 0 0 16Wapuli 9 2 4 8 1 0 24Total 34 7 13 61 6 5 12617
Matthew Biniyam KursahTRITA LWR Master ThesisTable 3 Occupation of respondentsOccupationPlaceFarming Self employed/tradeStudent Teaching/NurseCivilServantUnemployedTotalCentral Town 1 3 13 2 2 2 23Toma 5 3 23 1 1 1 34Chief-section 9 2 14 1 3 1 30Bordagbalm 15 0 1 0 0 0 16Wapuli 12 2 6 2 0 0 22Total 42 10 57 6 4 4 125Table 4 Four-year trend of the top 10 diseases in Saboba District. Source: DHMT (2006)DiseaseYear2002 2003 2004 20051 Malaria 16,806 23,459 20,729 26,467 87,4612 Diarrhoeal 4,350 5,532 4,833 6,899 21,6143 RTI 1,639 3,853 5,745 8,567 19,8044 Skin disease 2,055 3,194 3,872 5,233 14,3545 Accidents 1956 1,602 3,233 2,281 9,0726 Anaemia 192 825 1,324 2,243 4,5847 Intestinal worms 130 463 1,036 2,056 3,6858 Typhoid 161 287 3,844 7,725 12,0179 Gynaecological disorders 685 311 546 624 2,16610 Hypertension 69 431 540 695 1,735TotalTotal 28,043 39,957 45,702 62,790 176,492Table 5 Sampled results of the top 10 diseases in Saboba District in 2007Source: Sampled from SMC Record Book (2007)Disease Frequency PercentMalaria 4827 50.6Typhoid 1142 12RTI 944 9.9Diarrhoeal dis. 316 3.3Wounds 153 1.6Infections 92 1.0Skin diseases 90 0.9Intestinal worms 68 0.7Hypertension 49 0.51Fever 48 0.5Total of Top 10 Diseases 7729 81Total Sampled Size 9547 10018
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