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During
the monsoon season in the Himalayan area an increasing number of people
suffering from typhoid, gastro-enteritis, cholera and hepatitis A and E
caused mainly by the consumption of contaminated food and water. Among
the water-borne disease, typhoid and gastro entertitis are most common.
Every day, the hospital rececives a lot of gastro/entertitis patients.
In Nepal for example, last year, out of 2174 cases, 6 persons died of this
disease.
Water-borne
diseases are rampant among the people working in carpet factories, says
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According
to doctors, germs causing jaundice, enteric fever ( typhoid) and gastro-entertisis,
cholera and Hepitatis A and E tend to thrive in summer. The medium of spread
is feacal-oral root, when consuming water contaminated by human excreta.
Besides that, foodstuffs exposed to unhygienic conditions along the road
side and lack of sanitation are also responsible for such diseases.
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maintain
water quality by boiling them hard
