Analysis of Sanitation and Waterborne Disease Occurrence in Ondo State, Nigeria

Abstract Waterborne diseases are linked to significant disease burden worldwide. Waterborne diarrhoea disease, for example, is responsible for two million deaths each year. Proper household water and sanitation can, however, increase resilience to waterborne disease risks. In view of the foregoing, this work has established a relationship between sanitation and waterborne disease occurrence in Ondo State and between potable water and waterborne diseases in the State by the analysis of the data sourced from the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Ministry has used the stratified sampling procedure to prepare the National Water Supply and Sanitation Baseline Survey Forms that was administered to get information on improved sanitation, potable water supply and waterborne disease occurrence in Ondo State, Nigeria. Three equations were generated to mock the variables of improved sanitation, potable water supply and waterborne disease occurrence and their interdependencies. To predict one variable when the other is known, modelled equations were also validated and returned errors were less than 50% in all cases. It was concluded that since the least average error was generated when the prevalence of waterborne diseases in the State was predicted with information available on improved sanitation, the occurrence of waterborne diseases in the State is due to the unhygienic practices of the people of the State. The study has contributed to the first two goals of SDG 2030 which are: to increase potable water availability and to give access to an improved level of sanitation by the year 2030.