Water, sanitation, and hygiene challenges in last-mile artisanal mining communities in Ghana and Uganda

Significant disparities in WASH persist in ASM communities, particularly for sanitation. Context-specific, community-engaged interventions are urgently needed to address these gaps and promote health equity for AGYW in rural mining settings.

Authors

Betty Kwagala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1095-0072)
Hanna Chidwick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3066-9085)
David Owiredu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4503-1850)
Lydia Osei
Lydia Kapiriri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1237-6369)
Deborah Mensah

Institutions

University of Ghana (GH)
Makerere University (UG)
McMaster University (CA)

Publication Details

Journal: Dialogues in Health
Published: 2025-08-22
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dialog.2025.100233
Citations: 2
Primary Topic: Mining and Resource Management
Type: article
Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 2.01

Funders

International Development Research Centre

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article

Water, sanitation, and hygiene challenges in last-mile artisanal mining communities in Ghana and Uganda

Betty Kwagala, Hanna Chidwick, David Owiredu, Lydia Osei et al.

Aug 22, 2025

2 citations

Dialogues in Health

Mining and Resource Management

2.01

article

Water, sanitation, and hygiene challenges in last-mile artisanal mining communities in Ghana and Uganda

Betty Kwagala, Hanna Chidwick, David Owiredu, Lydia Osei, Lydia Kapiriri, Deborah Mensah

August 22, 2025article en

2 citations

Abstract

Significant disparities in WASH persist in ASM communities, particularly for sanitation. Context-specific, community-engaged interventions are urgently needed to address these gaps and promote health equity for AGYW in rural mining settings.

Dialogues in HealthVol. 7

University of Ghana (GH), Makerere University (UG), McMaster University (CA)

International Development Research Centre

Zero hunger, Clean water and sanitation

Openalex Percentile: Top 13%

Mining and Resource Management

2.01

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