Sanitation

    GENERAL BEACH SANITATION IT'S EFFECTS AND  SOLUTIONS By:Lydia B.Sefa  Sanitation at the beach is the proper  maintenance of the beach and its environments.Sanitation at the beach is one important thing that enables people's desire to go to the beach. If beaches are not kept tidy it effects results in low income in terms of tourism to the country because many tourist love to visit the beaches to have fun, so poor sanitation at the beach can prevent them from attending beaches since it becomes unattractive and it also sends a bad signal of the country's tourist sites  across.      Polluted water can make one contract diseases like skin diseases, respiratory diseases, water borne diseases like diarrhoea, typhoid etc. However, fishermen also experience the consequences of bad effects on beach sanitation.As a result of poor beach sanitation fishermen turn to catch plastic wastes from the water instead of fishes which affect the econom...

BEACH SANITATION NATURE OF SOME BEACHES IN ACCRA ABSTRACT There are many advantages associated with beach sanitation. Advantages like; Creating an atmosphere for relaxation, tourists attractions, generation of income and many more. It is left to us to decide if we want to enjoy these benefits or not. When we talk about beach sanitation, what comes to mind? Beach sanitation to a layman’s perspective is simply the conditions and measures undertaken to maintaining a clean environment around beaches. One may ask; what is a beach and what is sanitation? Sanitation according to World Health Organization (WHO) refers to the maintenance of hygienic conditions through services such as garbage collections and waste water disposals WHEREAS A Beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock such as sand, gravel, shingle and pebble. Beach Ghana is graced with 540km of shinning sandy coast...

BEACH SANITATION Title: *Clean beaches vrs Dirty beaches* *Synopsis* Dirty beaches have slowed down the tourist attraction and tourism growth in our country Ghana. However, some clean beaches have also contributed to lifting up the image of the country. Below is a link making comparisons between clean and dirty beaches in Ghana. ABSTRACT The comparison of clean beaches and dirty beaches in Ghana is very important and essential to our human living because it will help us to be educated and stop the practices that lead to the tarnishing of the image of these beaches such as deficating, throwing of rubbish etc at the shores of our beaches. It will also enable and attract more tourists into the country to boost economic growth when our beaches are clean. According  to Google, by definition, beach is a pebbly or sandy shore especially by the sea between high and low water marks. Sanitation on the other hand has to do with the cleanliness one has to attach to humanity to b...

Health Benefits of the Beach to the Society. By:Mabel Korkor Ocansey SYNI Amongst all of nature’s gift, the beach is an environment that provides freedom. A perfect place to calm your mind, body and soul, feel the sun on your face, the wind in your hair, the sand between your toes and the lulling sounds of waves gently breaking the shore. Technically, the beach is a narrow, usually gently sloping strip of land that borders the body of water, such as lake or ocean. It serves as a platform for social relations, Hence there’s a need to ensure sanitation around the beach. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Sanitation generally refers to the provision of facilities and services for the safe disposal of human urine and feces. The picture of beach sanitation in Ghana is embarrassing as open defecation is widespread as three out of five Ghanaians attend natures call in the drains and at the beach. The challenges to beach sanitation in Ghana in linked to the inability ...

CAUSES OF POOR SANITATION ALONG THE BEACH Taking a walk along the beach, relaxing or playing at the beach can be a real treat on a hot day. According to J. Aaron Hipp, the beach offers restorative benefits to the individual.But then, how will one feel when one gets to the beach and finds the place uncomfortable dirty? It is really disturbing and the level of pollution can put on off from staying longer.There are many causes of poor sanitation along the beach and I am more concerned about the various human activities that seek to tarnish the image of many beautiful beaches values. I get extremely sad at the way we continue to deal with the situation of beach sanitation and its related problems.Defecating and throwing of rubbish and animals roaming about along the beach, I consider as the major causes of poor sanitation along the beach. Most residents along the beach such as Bola beach and Jamestown beach lack public and household toilet facilities and the ones available are just few. ...

ECONOMIC IMPOTRANCE OF CLEAN BEACHES TO GHANA Poor sanitation along the beach pollutes the environment and atmosphere and this inevitably leads to the outbreak of diseases such as cholera,diarrhoea, typhoid, malaria and many other preventable diseases when our beaches are cleaned and unlittered. Beach polluted by plastic   Cleaned beaches have lots of benefit especially for a developing country like Ghana and it's economy. The coast in Ghana is one of the most visited environment in the country by both locals and foreigners. Cleaned beaches have allowed for more tourists in the country where they can relax and enjoy themselves once they are in the country. A popular beach environment is the BOJO BEACH.It is located at bortianor close to the densu River delta in Accra.A hotel has been built close to the beach making it a resort.                                           ...