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Yakubu, F., Pelig-Ba, K.B., Abagale, S.A. and Oseni, L.A. (2023) Potential Risks to the Environment as a Result of Pesticide Handling in the Nanumba-North Municipality, Ghana. Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Environment, 12, 65-83.
https://doi.org/10.4236/jacen.2023.122006

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• TITLE: Epidemiological Evidence of Pesticide Poisoning Cases in Nanumba-North Municipality, Ghana

  AUTHORS: Fusheini Yakubu, Issah Salifu, Abdul-Munin Khalid, Kenneth B. Pelig-Ba, Samson A. Abagale, Lateef Adebayo Oseni

  KEYWORDS: Poisoning, Epidemiology, Pesticide, Hazardous, Nanumba-North Municipality

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, Vol.13 No.8, August 18, 2025

  ABSTRACT: The present study deduced the epidemiological evidence of pesticides and health-related cases in Nanumba-North Municipality. The paper retrospectively analyses 257 pesticide-poisoning records from clinics and Bimbilla Hospital to characterise incidence, demographics and outcomes between 2014 and 2024 in Nanumba-North Municipality, Ghana. Herbicides caused 41% of cases, men accounted for 76%, and the overall mortality was 15%. Suicide attempts represented the dominant circumstance (83 cases), highlighting pesticides as an important driver of self-harm in the study area.