Economic public health burden and population: wash social sustainability, role of mass media and impacts loss effects in Nigeria

Authors

  • L. A. Ekoh Department of Education Foundations, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
  • D. O Anih Department of Educational Foundation, Abia State University, Uturu
  • C. A. Eneh Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

Abstract

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Programme of the United Nations impinges on the lives of all in the society. It requires a serious implementation in Nigeria, which has one-fifth of the population of Africa. But, its execution is mostly insincere. Similarly, many development projects and programmes share the same fate of poor implementation or abandonment. There are socio-institutional barriers to the advancement of overall public health and WASH. There are also the population growth, climate change, increased water scarcity, lack of political will, unequal distribution of resources, insufficient funding, COVID-19, policy inadequacy, policy inconsistency, policy poor implementation, and policy summersault. The study recommends services that recognize the existence of WASH, institutional science technology and innovation in the ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to ensure the sad underdevelopment trajectory and a failing natural and human resource-rich Nigerian state bound to significantly disrupt sustainability going-forward is significantly identified and utilised.

Keywords: WASH sustainability in Nigeria; Economic burden: Public health

 

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Published

2023-10-26

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Vol. 14 No. 1-2 (2023): Technoscience Review Volume 14 Number 1-2 November 2023

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