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Evidence for long-term efficacy of a membrane filtration device in rural villages in Ghana.
Boaheng, Joseph Marfo; Raimann, Jochen G; Narh, Philip; Johnson, Seth; Donald, Linda L; Mati, Harrison Kwame; Port, Friedrich K; Levin, Nathan W.
Afiliación
  • Boaheng JM; Easy Water for Everyone, New York, NY, USA.
  • Raimann JG; Data Analytics, Holland College, Charlottetown, Canada.
  • Narh P; Easy Water for Everyone, New York, NY, USA. Jochen.Raimann@easywaterforeveryone.com.
  • Johnson S; Katz School of Science and Health, New York, NY, USA. Jochen.Raimann@easywaterforeveryone.com.
  • Donald LL; Ghana Health Service, Ada, Ghana.
  • Mati HK; Easy Water for Everyone, New York, NY, USA.
  • Port FK; Easy Water for Everyone, New York, NY, USA.
  • Levin NW; Easy Water for Everyone, New York, NY, USA.
Sci Rep ; 14(1): 5271, 2024 03 04.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38438511
ABSTRACT
Drinking water contaminated by pathogenic micro-organisms increases the risk of infectious gastrointestinal disease which could potentially lead to acute kidney injury and even death, particularly amongst the young and the elderly. Earlier studies have shown a substantial reduction in the incidence of diarrheal disease over a period of one year using a polysulfone membrane water gravity-powered water filtration device. The current report is a continuation of these studies to assess the long-term effects of the innovative method on diarrheal incidence rates over a 4-year follow-up period. This follow-up study monitored the trend of self-reported diarrheal events in all households in the previously studied villages for 5 months, in the last half of each study year, using the same questionnaire utilized in the earlier study. Three villages that had no device yet installed served as controls. We computed monthly diarrheal incidence rates for all study years (standardized to per 100 person-months) and compared these to the pre-device incidence rate in 2018 and in the control group, using the Wilcoxon rank sum exact test. The average diarrheal incidence rates of 1.5 p100pm in 2019, 2.19 p100pm in 2021, and 0.54p100pm in 2022 were significantly different from an earlier study that reported 17.8 p100pm rates before the devices were installed in 2018, (all p-values < 0.05). Concomitantly, self-reported diarrheal infections were substantially higher in the "control villages" not yet having the filtration device installed (80.9, 77.6, and 21.5 per 100 pm). The consistent and large reduction in diarrhea incidence documents the long-term efficacy of the use of the membrane filtration device. This simple water purification method using gravity flow improves public health in remote regions with limited resources.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Agua / Diarrea Límite: Aged / Humans País/Región como asunto: Africa Idioma: En Revista: Sci Rep Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Reino Unido

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Agua / Diarrea Límite: Aged / Humans País/Región como asunto: Africa Idioma: En Revista: Sci Rep Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Reino Unido