0000000001035395
AUTHOR
Kwasi Owusu Boadi
Municipal Solid Waste Management in the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana
Municipal solid waste management in Accra, Ghana, is at present delivered in an unsustainable manner. Due to uncontrolled urbanisation, large quantities of waste are generated daily in Accra, and this exerts much pressure on an over strained solid waste management system. Coupled with weak institutional capacity, and lack of resources, both human and capital, the city authorities face difficulties in ensuring that all the waste generated in the city is collected for disposal. Home collection of waste is limited to high and, some middle income areas while the poor are left to contend with the problem on their own. This leads to indiscriminate disposal of waste in surface drains, canals and s…
Environment and health in the Accra metropolitan area, Ghana
Kwasi Boadi tutki väitöskirjassaan kotitalouksien ympäristöongelmia sekä niiden vaikutuksia eri sosiaaliluokkien terveyteen Accrassa, Ghanassa. Hän havaitsi, että köyhyys, puutteelliset tilat ja välineet, ympäristöterveystiedon puute sekä köyhien tarpeiden huomiotta jättäminen päätöksenteossa ovat suurimmat esteet hyvän ympäristöterveyden saavuttamiselle Accrassa. Ympäristöterveyden parantaminen vaatii vesihuollon parantamista, puhtaanapidon, jätteiden käsittelyn ja asuntojen ilmastoinnin kohentamista, huono-osaisten asuinalueiden terveyspalveluiden parantamista sekä ohjelmia, jotka lisäävät tietoisuutta ympäristöterveyteen liittyvissä asioissa. Inadequate provision of environmental health …
Factors affecting the choice of cooking fuel, cooking place and respiratory health in the Accra metropolitan area, Ghana.
Indoor air pollution resulting from the combustion of solid fuels has been identified as a major health threat in the developing world. This study examines how the choice of cooking fuel, place of cooking and behavioural risk factors affect respiratory health infections in Accra, Ghana. About 65·3% of respondents use charcoal and 4·2% use unprocessed wood. A total of 241 (25·4%) respondents who cook had had respiratory health symptoms in the two weeks preceding the study. Household socioeconomic status and educational attainment of respondents were found to have a significant impact on respiratory health through their particular influence on the choice of cooking fuel. Households that use w…
Environment, wealth, inequality and the burden of disease in the Accra metropolitan area, Ghana
The study examines environmental problems and adverse impacts on the health of urban households in the Accra metropolitan area, Ghana. Accra is faced with severe inadequacy of urban infrastructure in the face of rapid population growth in the metropolis. More than half of the city's population do not have access to solid waste collection services. Only 39.8% of households have indoor pipe and over 35.0% of households depend on unsanitary public latrines whilst 2.5% do not have access to toilet facilities. Human excrement, garbage and wastewater are usually deposited in surface drains, open spaces and streams in poor neighbourhoods. The resultant poor sanitation has serious health impacts as…