Household water insecurity experience in the Upper West Region of Ghana: Insights for effective water resource management

The global community is not on track to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) by 2030. Many low- and middle-income countries like Ghana still struggle with water insecurity. In semi-arid regions like Ghana’s Upper West, climate change has worsened water insecurity, leading to health and liv...

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Published in:PLOS water 2024-06, Vol.3 (6), p.e0000216
Main Authors: Pienaah, Cornelius K. A., Saaka, Sulemana Ansumah, Batung, Evans, Mohammed, Kamaldeen, Luginaah, Isaac
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aquifers
Arid environments
Arid zones
Climate change
Community
Drinking water
Dry season
Groundwater
Groundwater potential
Households
Hygiene
Management decisions
Political ecology
Political factors
Population
Poverty
Public health
Rain
Rain water
Rainwater recovery systems
Resource management
Rural areas
Sanitation
Semi arid areas
Semiarid lands
Storage systems
Sustainable development
Tidal waves
Water conservation
Water harvesting
Water resources
Water resources management
Water scarcity
Water storage
Water supply
Waterborne diseases
Womens health
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Summary:The global community is not on track to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) by 2030. Many low- and middle-income countries like Ghana still struggle with water insecurity. In semi-arid regions like Ghana’s Upper West, climate change has worsened water insecurity, leading to health and livelihood consequences. In UWR, limited studies have explored water insecurity in rural areas. This study fills a knowledge gap by investigating the determinants of water insecurity in Ghana’s Upper West Region (UWR) from a political ecology of health (PEH) perspective. It comprehensively explores the interplay of social, economic, political, environmental, and health-related factors contributing to water insecurity in the UWR. The results from binary logistic regression show that households in the wealthier category (OR = 0.475, p
ISSN:2767-3219
2767-3219
DOI:10.1371/journal.pwat.0000216