IMPACT ON PUBLIC HEALTH DUE TO WATERBORNE DISEASES DUE TO LACK OF BASIC SANITATION IN THE STATE OF MATO GROSSO, BRAZIL

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Basic sanitation refers to the set of measures and services aimed at protecting public health and the environment, such as: drinking water supply, sanitary sewage, solid waste management and urban drainage (BRASIL, 2007). On the other hand, the term environmental sanitation refers to the "control of all factors in the physical environment of the human being that exert or may exert harmful effects on physical, mental and social well-being" (World Health Organization – WHO / Word Health Organization – WHO, (1950).