Correlated respiratory indicators of Household waste burning practices in Lugbe – Abuja, Nigeria.

Abstract

Abstract The household waste burning practice and effects of the waste burning emission on respiratory health of the populace in the Lugbe, Abuja happens regularly, though not well recorded. The aim of the study was to quantify the waste burning occurrence as well as investigate the correlation between waste burning practice and respiratory problem in Northern Nigeria with Lugbe as case study since is an example of country side settlement growing to urbanites. Questionnaire was utilized to accumulate information from houses in Lugbe - Abuja. Total of 60 participants were enrolled and their responses on household waste burning besides respiratory symptoms were investigated. The contributors stated that their neighbors burn waste habitually, with 43.5% and 32.4% of them from the central and rural zone respectively. The local waste authorities gathered garbage from 84.5% of these contributors once per week in the enlightened zone and central but rural is once monthly or not at all. The prevalent lower respiratory sign connected with waste burning was dehydrated cough (31.4%). For Lower and Upper health signs, the participants who participated in the practice of waste burning had a faintly higher prevalence of breath shortness (57%) and Water itchy eyes (49%) respectively. For each of lower and upper health signs, the trend is such that 6 months above is greater than immediately, which is greater than those of a month after. These results indicate that waste or bush burning impact on health is on the long – term basis.