1. What are the common diseases and disorders caused by poor environmental sanitation? 2. What is the importance of good environmental sanitation to the health of the community and the people living in it? 3. How can poor environmental sanitation impact the health of an individual?
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1.) Poor sanitation is linked to transmission of diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, hepatitis A, typhoid and polio and exacerbates stunting.
2.)Proper sanitation promotes health, improves the quality of the environment and thus, the quality of life in a community. Sanitation refers to the safe collection, transportation, treatment and disposal of human wastes.
3.)Poor sanitation reduces human well-being, social and economic development due to impacts such as anxiety, risk of sexual assault, and lost educational opportunities.