The study assessed the environmental health problems of internally displaced persons in Maiduguri camps. The study covered three selected IDPs camps in Maiduguri. The objective of the study was to determine the condition of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Maiduguri on sanitation, overcrowding and the physical structures. Survey research design was adopted in conducting the research with a target population of 23,432 and sample size of 377. Data was collected from adult respondents using purposive sampling technique and a total of 377 copies of questionnaire was administered to the adult Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of the three selected camp; 350 (92.8%) copies were retrieved and found valid for analysis. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency distribution and percentage counts. The result revealed that a majority of the respondents strongly disagreed that the sanitary, overcrowding and the condition of physical structures of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Maiduguri, Borno State was satisfactory. Thus, the study recommends the involvement of Borno State Environmental Protection Agency (BOSEPA) in waste management within the camps. It also recommends that Government and Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) should implement policies and programmes that will enhance environmental health awareness for IDP’s based on their gender and age.
The study assessed the level of awareness and practice of personal hygiene among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the study area. Data were collected from the IDPs by means of a survey using an interview schedule that was administered on 40 randomly selected IDPs. The data were analyzed using descriptive analysis of frequency counts, percentages and means. The result of the descriptive analysis showed that eighty five percent of the respondents had small to medium family sizes. Majority (70%) of the respondents have attended programs on awareness of personal hygiene since coming to the camp. The findings suggest that the more people practiced personal hygiene, the less the incidence of particular diseases related to personal hygiene. It was recommended that more sensitization should be carried out with regard to creating awareness of the need for personal hygiene in order to improve the practice of personal hygiene, in an attempt to ring to the arrest minimum, the incident of hygiene related diseases in the camp. Water and other hygiene agents like soap and toothpaste should be provided for IDPs who are unable to afford these items on their own, in order to encourage personal hygiene practice.
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