Babayo Musa, Musa Audu

Keywords: Diapers, women, sanitary, environmental health, land-fills

Abstract

There is an emergence of indiscriminate disposable of diapers and women sanitary pads across cities and communities in Nigeria. This has resulted in the spread of communicable diseases across these cities and communities. To probe this menace in Yobe State, Nigeria, this study investigates Damaturu, Bade, Potiskum Geidam and Nguru Local Government Areas are prone to the indiscriminate disposal of diapers and women sanitary pads. The study adopts the cross-sectional survey research design involving the administration of questionnaires, observations and in-depth interviews. The study utilized analysis of variance (ANOVA) to test the research hypotheses so as to make decision on desired significance level. The study results reveal that the supply of waste containers in Yobe State was statistically insignificant with respect to attitude towards disposed diapers and menstrual waste disposal. The study concludes that disposal of baby diapers and women sanitary products has environmental and health effects in the society. However due to the lack of better disposal methods, diapers and menstrual products end up in land-fills and this aggravates the spread of communicable diseases such as cholera, bacteria and viruses. The study recommends that governments at all levels in Yobe State should create awareness about the incidence of disposing waste diapers and sanitary products.

Author Biography

Babayo Musa, Musa Audu

Department of Economics and Development Studies, Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, Federal University Gashua, Yobe State, Nigeria

Email: [email protected]

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