Diarrhoea prevalenceThere is consid

Diarrhoea prevalence
There is considerable discrepancy between the three
countries in terms of the household prevalence of diarrhoea, with Tanzania showing much lower reporting rates
(Figure 2). The reported prevalence of diarrhoea has
increased in Kenya and Uganda over the three decades and
declined a little in Tanzania. The overall household
prevalence of diarrhoea in the full study population (all
three countries) has hardly changed in 30 years.
Among the sites lacking a water supply, the greatest
amount of diarrhoea was reported from Alemi in northern
Uganda, a situation similar to what had been observed in
DOW I. The focus group discussions in Alemi attributed
the high prevalence of diarrhoea to use of contaminated
water drawn from seeps, lack of latrines and indiscriminate
disposal of children’s faeces into the compound. In Iganga,