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Auflistung nach Autor:in "Kawanga, Obed C."

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  • Konferenzbeitrag
    Community Oraganisation Structures for Effective Water and Sanitation Management in Peri-Urban Areas; Case of Lusaka – Zambia
    (Informatics for Environmental Protection - Networking Environmental Information, 2005) Kawanga, Obed C.
    The paper discusses the practical experiences of an institutional arrangement at community level implemented through Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation (PHAST), by effective community regulatory framework for sustainable water and sanitation management in peri urban areas. It also discusses strategies empowered poor communities with cost sharing skills to run communal water sources and waste management through community structures. The paper brings out how implicit experience and tacit knowledge translated into shared experiences and explicit knowledge resulting into effective community structures. The paper points out negative experiences on how voluntarism without legislation as affected community participation, considering gender perspectives, cultural background as well as the socio-economic situations of the venerable groups the poor. The community regulatory structure has achieved the reduction in the number of deaths due to cholera in pilot compound reduced drastically from 70/10,000 in 1994 to 1/10,000 in 2000. The project is now extending to six (6) more peri-urban communities.
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    GIS Application to Contain Cholera Epidemic in the City of Lusaka
    (Informatics for Environmental Protection - Networking Environmental Information, 2005) Kawanga, Obed C.
    The paper discusses the practical experiences of application Geographical information system (GIS) to contain cholera epidemic in the peri-urban settlements (squatter compounds in Lusaka, Zambia, for the period starting from 20th October 2003 to Mrach 2004). It also highlights the Cholera prevalence trends as well as the spreading patterns for the ten (10) selected compounds in Lusaka, with more emphasis on George/ Madimba. GIS application is proved suitable and convenient approach with proper integration of knowledge and easy interpretation of data to aid planning based on identified risk factors that influenced the spreading of cholera epidemic. It also helped to come up with effective intervention strategies that directly or indirectly provided diverse solutions to contain an epidemic and promote community participation. Therefore, several risk factors and indicators that influenced the rate at which cholera was spreading were examined. This includes the following: - Sociological and ecological factors such as social interactions, residence pattern of settlement, and livelihood. It also analyzed the personal hygiene practices, Climatic change as well as logistical aspect (technical planning). Lusaka is the capital city of Zambia; a fast growing town in sub-Saharan Africa and the Population of Lusaka is estimated at 2 million. The peri-urban population ranges from 40% in small towns to 80% in cities, although local authorities regard these settlements as “illegal” or “squatter” compounds they continue to grow without planning controls.
  • Konferenzbeitrag
    Gis Application to Contain Cholera Epidemic in The City of Lusaka
    (Sh@ring – EnviroInfo 2004, 2004) Kawanga, Obed C.