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Nepal is one of the poorest countries in Asia. Nevertheless, Nepal government established health policy for improvement of public health and free basic medical service all over the country and trying to fulfill its promise. Among the health problems, drinking water and toilet sanitation are the basic necessity to secure public health in Nepal. Contamination of drinking water by heavy metals and microorganisms is the leading cause of diarrheal disease and skin diseases. Several sites of drinking water confirmed high level of arsenic and microorganism in Nepal. The geographic condition hampers the improvement of sanitation especially in far- western Nepal. Many people live without toilets and consider open defecation as their habit. These conditions have been affected by their culture, ethnicity and regional characteristics. To facilitate Nepal’s government policy to improve public health, KOICA joined work together in Tikapur, Kailali, Nepal. First, baseline survey was conducted to examine general condition and health state in this area. Among these, we summarized regarding drinking water and sanitation related. Among the 4204 households, 97.3 % households used tube well. Of them 97.6% households revealed drink tub well without any treatment or boiling and 49.1% of the people didn’t have toilet in their house. Sixty-percent (60%) of the people have the concept that contaminated drinking water is the cause of illness but rarely act to prevent drinking water related diseases. Our sampling for the tube well quality showed that all the 4 water samples from the tube wells revealed a high concentration of Manganese. To secure hygiene and sanitation, education program on hygiene and sanitation, portable water facility, installation of toilet and further research regarding water safety are needed.

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ABSTRACT
 Introduction
 Methods
 Results
  Knowledge and perceptions regarding illness
  Water supply and waste management
  Liquid and solid waste management
  Observation of households
  Tube well water examination.
 Discussion
 Acknowledgements
 References

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저자

• K. J. Lee [ Department of Environmental Medical Biology, Institute for Poverty Alleviation and International Development, Yonsei University ] Correspondence
• Y. S. Yoon [ Department of Environmental Medical Biology ]
• M. E. J. Sajo [ Department of Environmental Medical Biology ]
• C. B. Kim [ Preventive Medicine, Wonju College of Medicine Yonsei University ]
• Y. A. Do [ Management Support Team, Management Support Department, Korea International Cooperation Agency 825 Daewangpang-ro, sujeong-to, Seonganm-si ]
• P. S. Kim [ Institute for Poverty Alleviation and International Development, Yonsei University ]
• D. W. Ahn [ Institute for Poverty Alleviation and International Development, Yonsei University ]

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간행물

표지보기 관심저널 등록

• 간행물명

  한국물학회지 [Korean Journal of Waters]

• 간기

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• pISSN

  2233-4653

• 수록기간

  2010~2021

• 십진분류

  KDC 539 DDC 628