Current State of Public Cemeteries in River State; Nigeria
The Nigerian Health Journal
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13(1): 55-58, 2013.
Article
in English
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| ID: biblio-1272850
ABSTRACT
Cemeteries or 'sleeping places' are where bodies or cremated remains are buried. Dead bodies are essentially 'wastes' and their improper disposal in the form of burial may come with health implications. This is particularly apt in Nigeria and indeed Rivers State where unsupervised burials are carried out in homes (houses); compounds and community-based cemeteries. A walk through survey of five functional public cemeteries in Rivers State appraised their current state and their possible health implications. This on-the-spot site visit revealed infrastructural; operational and maintenance challenges which have further stressed the need for better managed public cemeteries and more objective studies on the subject
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Main subject:
Organization and Administration
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Space Maintenance, Orthodontic
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Bioethics
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Burial
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Prevalence
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Public Sector
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Benchmarking
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Environment and Public Health
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Cemeteries
Type of study:
Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Language:
English
Journal:
The Nigerian Health Journal
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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