International Clinical and Medical Case Reports Journal Research Article (ISSN: 2832-5788) Int Clinc Med Case Rep Jour (ICMCRJ) 2022 | Volume 1 | Issue 9 Physico-Chemical And Bacteriological Quality of Water Consumed and Public Perception of Socio-Economic And Environmental Factors Associated With Typhoid Fever Prevalence and Related Water Borne Diseases In Rural (Miti- Murhesa) and Urban (Kadutu) Health Zones Of South-Kivu Province, Eastern of Drcongo Théodore Munyuli *1,2 , Justin Ombeni 1 , Aksanti Lwango 1 , Bienfait Bashi Mushagalusa 1 , Annuarite Musoda Kurhabe 1 1 Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Institute of Higher Education in Medical Techniques, ISTM-Bukavu, Bukavu town, South-Kivu Province, eastern of DRCongo 2 Department of Biology, National Natural Sciences Research Center, CRSN-Lwiro, D.S.Bukavu, Sud-Kivu Province, eastern of DRCongo __________________________________________________________________________________________ Citation: Théodore Munyuli, Justin Ombeni, Bienfait Bashi Mushagalusa, Annuarite Musoda Kurhabe. Typhoid Fever Prevalence and Related Water Borne Diseases In Rural (Miti-Murhesa) and Urban (Kadutu) Health Zones Of South-Kivu Province, Eastern of Drcongo. Int Clinc Med Case Rep Jour. 2022;1(9):1-94. DOI : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7344251 Received Date: 8 November, 2022; Accepted Date: 20 November, 2022; Published Date: 22 November, 2022 * Corresponding author: Théodore Munyuli. Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Institute of Higher Education in Medical Techniques, ISTM-Bukavu, Bukavu town, South-Kivu Province, eastern of DRCongo Copyright: © Théodore Munyuli, Open Access 2022. This article, published in Int Clinc Med Case Rep Jour (ICMCRJ) (Attribution 4.0 International), as described by http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. ABSTRACT A study on the quality of the water consumed and on the determinants of the prevalence of typhoid fever was carried out in two health zones (Kadutu and Miti-Murhesa) of the province of south Kivu from June to September 2021.The study aimed at contributing to the advancement of scientific knowledge that can be used in the control of water-borne disease crisis such as typhoid fever in rural areas of the DRCongo. The study carried out was of the analytical cross-sectional type with primary data collected from field using a semi-structured questionnaire. Water samples were collected and analyzed for bacteriological and physicochemical quality using standard procedures. The generalized linear model (GLM) with Gaussian identity model and or with a logarithmic link function, was applied to investigate socio-economic and environmental factors likely influencing the knowledge of respondents about the causes and health consequences of the current prevalence of typhoid fever in the health zones of Kadutu and Miti-Murhesa. The results indicated that the greater majority of the respondents did not perceive the water they drink as possible source of diseases. In rural health zones, sanitary condition was generally poor, refuse disposal and toilet system still primitive. Most households from rural health zone do not treat the water they drink as they