Public health benefits of water purification using recycled hemodialyzers in developing countries.
Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Developing Countries
Diarrhea
/ epidemiology
Female
Ghana
/ epidemiology
Health Services
/ statistics & numerical data
Hemodiafiltration
/ instrumentation
Humans
Incidence
Kidneys, Artificial
/ statistics & numerical data
Male
Membranes, Artificial
Middle Aged
Public Health
Recycling
Rural Population
/ statistics & numerical data
Water Purification
/ methods
Young Adult
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 07 2020
06 07 2020
Historique:
received:
18
10
2019
accepted:
30
04
2020
entrez:
8
7
2020
pubmed:
8
7
2020
medline:
15
12
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
In rural regions with limited resources, the provision of clean water remains challenging. The resulting high incidence of diarrhea can lead to acute kidney injury and death, particularly in the young and the old. Membrane filtration using recycled hemodialyzers allows water purification. This study quantifies the public health effects. Between 02/2018 and 12/2018, 4 villages in rural Ghana were provided with a high-volume membrane filtration device (NuFiltration). Household surveys were collected monthly with approval from Ghana Health Services. Incidence rates of diarrhea for 5-month periods before and after implementation of the device were collected and compared to corresponding rates in 4 neighboring villages not yet equipped. Data of 1,130 villagers over 10 months from the studied communities were studied. Incidence rates showed a decline following the implementation of the device from 0.18 to 0.05 cases per person-month (ppm) compared to the control villages (0.11 to 0.08 ppm). The rate ratio of 0.27 for the study villages is revised to 0.38 when considering the non-significant rate reduction in the control villages. Provision of a repurposed hemodialyzer membrane filtration device markedly improves health outcomes as measured by diarrhea incidence within rural communities.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32632178
doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-68408-1
pii: 10.1038/s41598-020-68408-1
pmc: PMC7338386
doi:
Substances chimiques
Membranes, Artificial
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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