The three environmentally related diseases endemic in the Ongoye region : pattern and control

The prevalence of the three diseases namely malaria fever, typhoid fever and bilharzia (schistosomiasis) comes about as a result of the nature of the environment together with human invasion of such an environment. The most important factor is that, without the human invasion of the environment, there could be no prevalence of these three diseases.· This, therefore, suggests that humans have invaded the mosquito environment and thus contracted malaria fever and spread the same to others. Hum,ans have also invaded the water environment by contaminating water with their excreta and thus spread typhoid fever and bilharzia (schistosomiasis). The three diseases, malaria fever, typhoid fever, and bilharzia <schistosomiasis) are considered to be troublesome in many areas of the republic of South Africa <Kustner,1990 and Kassner,1990.) The area of investigation, the Ongoye region, is no exception to this rule. It is this widespread occurence of the three diseases which influenced the researcher to conduct this study. The apparent ineffectiveness of both the KwaZulu government and the communities in the study area to combat these diseases has left me, as an investigator in deep thought as to what is to be done to eradicate these diseases. During the preliminary investigations it was observed that the pattern and control majors of these diseases are apparently known to the KwaZulu government and the communities, but still the occurrence cannot be completely prevented. Some control measures are seemingly practised by the same government with no apparent reduction in the number of occurrences of these diseases. This inquiry is therefore interested in finding out the pattern and the extent to which such pattern affects the control measures. The inquiry further seeks to find out the extent to which the KwaZulu government and the communities have tried to combat or eradicate the diseases inquestion.

Author dc:creator

• Ntuli, Maurice Vusi.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Magi, L.M.

• Environmentally induced diseases
• Malaria fever
• Typhoid fever
• Bilharzia

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