Basic sanitation in Goiânia: A public health issue

Sanitation is a set of measures adopted to preserve or alter the conditions of the environment in order to prevent disease, promote health, improve the populations quality of life, individual productivity and facilitate economic activity. Part of the Brazilian population lives in places where sanitation conditions are still very poor. Due to the lack of sanitation and minimal hygiene conditions, the population is subject to various types of illness such as diarrhoea, cholera, hepatitis A, dengue, chikungunya, zika, yellow fever, schistosomiasis and leptospirosis. Sanitation is a set of measures adopted to preserve or alter the conditions of the environment in order to prevent diseases, promote health, improve the quality of life of the population, individual productivity, and facilitate economic activity. Part of the Brazilian population lives in places where sanitation conditions are still very precarious. Due to the lack of sanitation and minimum conditions of hygiene, the population is subject to various types of diseases such as diarrhoea, cholera, hepatitis A, dengue, chikungunya, zika, yellow fever, schistosomiasis and leptospirosis.