Water, Sanitation and Hygienic (WASH) risk factors that promote cholera outbreaks in Nairobi County

BACKGROUND 
 Cholera is still a significant worldwide threat to global public health as it leads about 100,000 deaths every year. It diarrheal water and foodborne disease with its person-to-person transmission resulting from limited sanitation access, poor hygiene, inadequate supply, which often outbreaks. This study sought examine Water, Sanitation Hygienic (WASH) risk factors that promote cholera outbreaks in Nairobi County METHODOLOGY A cross-sectional descriptive research design was used this study. The target population included 2,154,726 residents of aged 18 years above. Slovin's Formula the estimate sample size. adopted stratified random sampling selection 399 respondents population. Primary datasets were collected using questionnaires key informant interviews. data analysed inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics such percentages frequencies trends WASH related Inferential Chi-square (X2), analyze relationship between variables. RESULTS established top five challenges associated spread lack enough supply (76%); personal hygiene (54%); wastewater management community (55%); poorly maintained sewage facilities residential areas (44%). Communal irregular (77%) access safe drinking most households (58%), tap (44%), unhygienic vending (57%) treated (38%). CONCLUSION main Hygiene practices reporting adequate management, facilities, culture sanitation. Inadequate unregulated vendors kiosks made contamination likely.