BACKGROUND Lack of sanitation facilities is a serious health risk and obliges people to practice open defecation, thereby increasing the risk of disease transmission. The aim of this study was to assess latrine coverage and the associated factors among the rural communities in district of Bahir Dar Zuria, Ethiopia. METHODS A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 608 household...

Neste artigo, discutimos o caráter cotidiano e relacional da catástrofe, que faz com termo extrapole sua associação os acontecimentos pontuais. Para isso, tomamos como referência uma realidade social particular que, sendo singular delimitada geograficamente, um lixão em Iguatu/Ceará, encontra semelhanças adversidades diversas outras existentes diferentes cidades brasileiras mesmo distintos país...

extended abstract 1. introduction karst classification is carried out in order to better investigate karsts. it plays a fundamental role in distinguishing and recognizing them. today, the implementation of development projects without the appreciation of karst classification and recognition seems a difficult task. field studies, topographic maps, satellite images, aerial photographs and geologi...