Diseases associated with poor sanitation and contaminated water

Trachoma

• A contagious eye infection that can result in blindness

• An acute diarrhoeal infection caused by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium V. cholera

• An acute and chronic parasitic disease caused by blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma

• Parasitic infection transmitted by mosquito vectors that causes damage to the lymphatic system

Cholera

• GIT infection caused by worms due to lack of sanitation and hygiene

• Parasitic infection transmitted by mosquito vectors that causes damage to the lymphatic system

• An acute and chronic parasitic disease caused by blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma

• An acute diarrhoeal infection caused by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium V. cholera

Bilharzia

• An acute diarrhoeal infection caused by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium V. cholera

• An acute and chronic parasitic disease caused by blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma

• GIT infection caused by worms due to lack of sanitation and hygiene

• Parasitic infection transmitted by mosquito vectors that causes damage to the lymphatic system

Lymphatic filariasis

• Parasitic infection transmitted by mosquito vectors that causes damage to the lymphatic system

• An acute and chronic parasitic disease caused by blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma

• Elephantitis

• GIT infection caused by worms due to lack of sanitation and hygiene

Intestinal helmitic infection

• A contagious eye infection that can result in blindness

• GIT infection caused by worms due to lack of sanitation and hygiene

• An acute diarrhoeal infection caused by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholera

• An acute and chronic parasitic disease caused by blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma