ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION PRACTICES IN IKEJA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF LAGOS STATE - NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorYANI, DAUDA
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-25T09:20:43Z
dc.date.available2014-02-25T09:20:43Z
dc.date.issued1985-07
dc.description.abstractThis project paper is developed from the one month's attachment to Lagos State, from the 22nd of April, 1985 17th May, 1983. The attachment offered me the opportunity to observe and assess the effectiveness of environmental sanitation practice, as a measure of effective health care delivery, as applicable to Lagos State of Nigeria, (with special reference to Ikeja Local Government Area). The aim of environmental sanitation over the decade, is the improvement of people's health. This cannot be automatically achieved merely by providing sanitary facilities, especially if these are provided to meet traditional economic and. financial constraints. The incidence of diseases associated with poor environmental health can be characterised by the level of diseases in many developing countries of the world. The best methods and ways of combating these diseases, in view of cost effectiveness should be the provision of safe drinking water, practice of food hygiene, proper removal and safe disposal of refuse, eliminating other sources and conditions that are conducive to the survival of diseases. Although the planning and practice of environmental health in the past, had received secondary attention with series of crisis and problems, but with the present development on health programmes in the Nigerian society, its value to the promotion of good health has been recognised (especially in Lagos State where we have free health services). It has also been realised that curative medicine without preventive measures cannot solve our health care delivery problems, despite the huge amount of money being spent annually by Federal, State and Local Government authorities, on curative medicine. As experience gained in modern Health management services increased, there is responding awareness that diseases and disability prevention through environmental health control practices can help in reducing the soaring costs of health care delivery services. Therefore, there is need for thorough inter-sectional planning, controlling and effective administration. These could be achieved through the functional guidelines within the frame work of the agreement reached at Alma-Ata, in Russia (USSR), declaration of 12th September, 1978. The conference was Jointly sponsored by the W.H.O. and the U.N.I.F.E.F., and the theme of the conference was "TITLED" - ACHIEVEMENT OF "HEALTH FOR ALL BY THE YEAR 2,000". This project work provides a comprehensive knowledge of the roles, problems and effects of diseases associated with poor environmental sanitation. It highlighted measures that can be implemented with limited resources for the improvement and maintenance of good health.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2488
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectASSESSMENT,en_US
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL,en_US
dc.subjectSANITATION,en_US
dc.subjectPRACTICES,en_US
dc.subjectIKEJA,en_US
dc.subjectLOCAL,en_US
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT,en_US
dc.subjectAREA,en_US
dc.subjectLAGOS,en_US
dc.subjectSTATE,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAen_US
dc.titleASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION PRACTICES IN IKEJA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF LAGOS STATE - NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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