Effect of indiscriminate defaecation and disposal of faecal material on peri-urban cultivated crops potentials to expose parasites to community

The risk factors of contracting Neglected Tropical Diseases are becoming increasingly high in both rural and urban settlements. Faecal contamination of food is another form of faecal – oral transmission. Opened space defecation is commonplace in rural settlement while indiscriminate disposal of faecal material is common in urban settlements. The business of faecal material disposal is flourishing in urban areas and the stake holders are not aware of risk factors and they lack proper site for the faecal waste disposal. As a result, parasites are exposed to community. For this reason, a study was conducted at Nomansland, a Peri-urban settlement in Kano metropolis, Nigeria. Over a period of four months, vegetables were examined for parasites and Ancylostomaduodenale, Ascarislumbricoides, Entamoebahistolytica, Fasciolahepatica, Giardialamblia, Necatoramericanus, Schistosomahaematobium, and Strongyloidesstercoralis were observed. Demonstration and implications of F-diagram (faeces, fingers, flies, fields, fluids, feed) should be addressed to members of the community. This study was restricted to parasitic examination. Bacterial, fungal and viral examinations are recommended to be further studied.