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12396320

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-10-24
pubmed:abstractText
The ecological changes caused by projects for the development of water resources are known to affect the epidemiology of water-related diseases. The effects of the construction of the Diama dam (completed in 1986) in the Senegal River on the epidemiology of malaria, urinary and intestinal schistosomiasis, diarrhoea and dysentery were investigated in four districts in northern Senegal. To make allowance for any general trend in reported morbidity (caused by changes in demography or the healthcare system), the numbers of cases of these illnesses reported by the basic healthcare facilities before and after the completion of the dam were compared with those of respiratory disease. Prior to the construction of the dam, malaria was the most encountered water-related disease in the medical records of all districts, followed by diarrhoea, dysentery and urinary schistosomiasis. This order remained the same after the completion of the dam. Despite the optimism of health-assessment reports prepared prior to the construction of the Diama dam, the unexpected appearance and spread of intestinal schistosomiasis as well as an increase in the incidence of urinary schistosomiasis have aggravated public health in the Senegal River basin. It remains to be judged whether the economic benefits of the dam will counterbalance its adverse effects.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0003-4983
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
96
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
575-86
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-5-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Water-related disease patterns before and after the construction of the Diama dam in northern Senegal.
pubmed:affiliation
Helminthology Unit, Department of Parasitology, Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium. ssow@itg.be
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't