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Minimizing Death of Children (Under the Age of Seven) Due to Lack of Sanitation Lachi District, Mekelle City
Fitsum Abrha*Aksum University, Ethopia
- *Corresponding Author:
- Fitsum Abrha
Department of Political Science and International Relations
Aksum University, Ethopia
Tel: +251 347 753 645
E-mail: abrha.fitsum@yahoo.com
Received Date: March 15, 2016 Accepted Date: December 02, 2016 Published Date: December 09, 2016
Citation: Abrha F (2016) Minimizing Death of Children (Under the Age of Seven) Due to Lack of Sanitation Lachi District, Mekelle City. J Civil Legal Sci 6: 224. doi: 10.4172/2169-0170.1000224
Copyright: © 2016 Abrha F. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
According to (USAID) Ethiopia’s 81 million people have one of Africa’s lowest rates of access to water supply, sanitation, and hygiene despite abundant surface and groundwater resources. Ethiopia is also among the sub Saharan countries in which peoples in general and children in particular are dying due to lack of basic necessities. More specifically Lachi district which is founded in the Tigray regional state is also among the areas where in peoples particularly children dying because of lack of sanitation and hygiene. In the district many people are being adversely affected by the diseases caused due to lack of sanitation. This problem of sanitation is becoming a major reason for the death of peoples though the prominent victims of the problem are children whose age is less than seven. In addition to this it is also becoming the reason for the drop out of and hindrance of the achievement of the children.
