| inherited burden of disease: agricultural dams and the persistence of bloody urine (schistosomiasis hematobium) in the upper east region of ghana, 1959-1997. | a major agricultural development project was commissioned to celebrate ghana's independence in 1957. in the upper region along the border with upper volta now named burkina faso, a total of 185 clay-core dams were constructed in 15 years to enhance village water supplies during the 6-month dry season. in a concentrated area of n.e. ghana (now the upper east region) no fewer than 104 dams were erected in only 3 years. the beneficial impacts of the dams are indisputable, and life today would be un ... | 2003 | 12473309 |