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WEST AFRICAN POWER POOL (WAPP) PÖYRY ENERGY LTD.
Mount Coffee HPP ESIA and RAP 2012-09-18
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the establishment of electric power, the provision of a motorcycle for outreach and an
ambulance for references.
Hygiene and sanitation
It is necessary to improve the quality of water. Huge amounts of substrates, dust with
heavy metals can affect aquatic life and substantially increase the quantities of heavy
metals ingested by people. The promotion of health should not be considered as a
unique measure for water supply and sanitation, but as a complementary measure.
Indeed, the supply of water and latrines are prerequisites to the adoption of good
hygiene behaviours.
The installation of such commodities must be accompanied by measures to promote
hygiene and sanitation. Otherwise, the expected health benefits will be realized only
partially. A campaign on hygiene and sanitation must be maintained regularly to
promote healthy behaviours. Similarly, it is important to develop devices for household
waste collection, disposal and wastewater treatment and latrines maintenance. This
approach aims to eliminate faeces of young children in latrines which contain more
pathogens than those of adults. Although they are less harmful, diseases included in the
faeces of children could easily proliferate in the wild. It will be of great interest in
reducing faecal pollution and therefore the development of faecal-related diseases.
Vector control
Given this particular situation, it is conceivable that vector control operations, limited to
periods of high transmission, would be effective, at relatively low cost. Regular
epidemiological monitoring should be conducted through surveys to determine the
transmission dynamics of vectors and their seasonality. Vector control should not only
be done at the individual level (use of mosquito nets, repellents, etc.), but also at the
community level e.g. by the destruction of breeding sites for mosquitoes etc. Given the
situation in the project area, the focus will have to be on malaria. A survey should be
carried out during the first year of operation in the rainy as well as in the dry season to
identify breeding sites for mosquitoes along the shorelines of the reservoir (like pools
forming in the drawdown area, marshy areas at the edge of the reservoir) and to destroy
them where possible or to shade them by planting suitable trees.