Article citationsMore>>

Poudel, S., Poudel, B., Acharya, B. and Poudel, P. (2020) Pesticide Use and Its Impacts on Human Health and Environment. Environment & Ecosystem Science, 4, 47-51.
https://doi.org/10.26480/ees.01.2020.47.51

has been cited by the following article:

• 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.