Understanding the interactions between livestock and the environment in Asia and Sub-
Saharan Africa is essential to sustainable livestock sector development. In this comparative …

Background The quality of drinking water has always been a major health concern,
especially in developing countries, where 80% of the disease cases are attributed to …

Background: Provision of good quality household drinking water is an important means of
improving public health in rural communities especially in Africa; and is the rationale behind …

Groundwater from boreholes and shallow wells is a major source of drinking water in most
rural areas of Zimbabwe. The quality of groundwater has been taken for granted and the …

Fecal contamination of drinking water is a major problem in rural communities of Ethiopia,
where surface water sources like rivers, wells, and lakes are used for drinking. In spite of …

Background Access to safe drinking water is one of the basic human rights and is critical to
health. However, much of the world's population lacks access to adequate and safe water …

The presence of microorganisms and their potential impacts on drinking water from
boreholes, bowsers, lakes, rivers, springs, taps and wells was investigated in peri-urban …

Streams are valuable water resources for agriculture and human consumption. Herein, we
conducted a field study to assess the quality of water by investigating the physicochemical …

L'eau est une ressource naturelle precieuse et essentielle pour de multiples usages, mais
sa qualité est confrontée à plusieurs problèmes dont la pollution liées aux actvités …

This study evaluated the physico-chemical and the bacteriological quality of five different
sources of drinking water in Calabar metropolis, Nigeria, to give a fair geographical …