ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION INTERVENTIONS ACROSS DIVERSE PROFESSIONAL SPACES IN GHANA: EVIDENCE FROM BIRIM CENTRAL MUNICIPALITY

Samuel Nyamekye Otchere, Edmond Agyeman Amoako, Esther Yeboah Danso-Wiredu, Barbara Amoako Kissi

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The study assessed the effectiveness of environmental sanitation interventions in the face of contemporary environmental sanitation practices across various professional lines in Ghana. It employed a descriptive research procedure to explore specifically the status of sanitation in the area, as well as the environmental sanitation practices of residents. A qualitative-dominated multiple case study design was adopted to explore the phenomena from the diverse subjective perspectives of residents living in the municipality. Interviews and field observations were the main data collection techniques used to obtain responses from twenty-two (22) participants who were purposively sampled. The data gathered were thematically analysed. The study identified eight indicators that summed up environmental sanitation intervention effectiveness. This paper recommends the provision of solid waste containers (private and public), by-laws and punishment, collaboration, monitoring, education (personal hygiene, sanitation management), dump site demarcations, drainage and sewage interventions and community commitment. Finally, regular waste collection by public and private waste managers, such as the Zoom Lion Company Ghana Limited.

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environmental sanitation, sanitation intervention, poor sanitation, environmental management

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