Diarrhoeal disease Bangladesh

Fctors affecting pread of diarrhoea

climate, poverty, releif, natural hazard

flood water contaminates water sources eg tube weel,s

disruptin sanitation systems

stagnant water is a

breeding ground for diarrhoea

population desnity high because

9 million displcaed by monsoon flooiding

when was monsoon

2007mons

monsoon effect was exacerbated by

convergence of three rivers

flooding resulted in

widespread stangant water

how many wells were damaged

93,000

how many schools were washed away

44

how many primary schools closed

4444

how many hopsital admissions

100,000

How many cases of diarrhoeal disease

77,000

disease caused a huge

healthcare strain

no. atientsseeking treatment increased from

150 TO 600 A DAY

Dirct mitigation as

porivision of food, tablets, water mediating the disease

grass root strategy developed

new tube wells in shelter

WPT stands for

water purifciation tablets

beaching powder was distributed as well as

jerry cans

unicef built and raised

preexisting tube wells abve flood levels

Governments contributed to santation efforst and

reconsutrcituon of tube wells

oxfam, unicef etc built

flood shelters

UNICEF delvered

educational kits and constructed tube wells

UNICEF AND BRAC

installed safe drinking water and hygeine facilitie in public centres

Barriers to mitigation,

poverty, displcaement, lack of sanitation, monssonn occrus yearly, high pop density

high pop density of

100/km” in rural areas

poverty below 1.25 a dy

40%

infrstuctural damage of floods

limits access to healthcare

ICDDRB

water prufication measures, expanded tents etc, rpaid rehydration, tube wells

UNICEF AND OXFAM BUILT

3,000 elevated tube wells and disingfected 37,000