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Burden of disease from inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene in low‐ and middle‐income settings: a retrospective analysis of data from 145 countries [PDF]

open access: yesTropical Medicine and International Health, 2014
objective To estimate the burden of diarrhoeal diseases from exposure to inadequate water, sanitation and hand hygiene in low- and middle-income settings and provide an overview of the impact on other diseases. methods For estimating the impact of water,
Annette M Prüss-Ustün   +2 more
exaly   +7 more sources

Acknowledgment to the Reviewers of Hygiene in 2022

open access: yesHygiene, 2023
High-quality academic publishing is built on rigorous peer review [...]
Hygiene Editorial Office
doaj   +1 more source

Infection prevention requirements for the medical care of immunosuppressed patients: recommendations of the Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO) at the Robert Koch Institute

open access: yesGMS Hygiene and Infection Control, 2022
In Germany, guidelines for hygiene in hospitals are given in form of recommendations by the Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (Kommission für Krankenhaushygiene und Infektionsprävention, “KRINKO”). The KRINKO and its voluntary work
Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO)
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of cyclone Amphan on the water, sanitation, hygiene, and health (WASH2) facilities of coastal Bangladesh

open access: yesJournal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 2021
The vulnerability of the underfunded water, sanitation, hygiene, and health (WASH2) facilities, particularly in the developing nations, is exacerbated by natural disasters. This study assessed the impacts of Amphan on the WASH2 facilities of the affected
Nazifa Rafa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Systematic Review: Affecting Behaviour of Hygiene and Health Care of the Eldery

open access: yesJurnal Promkes: The Indonesian Journal of Health Promotion and Health Education, 2021
Background: The Elderly is an age group that has decreased organ function which is susceptible to various diseases. The elderly also experience physical decline which can affect personal hygiene and health care behavior.
Windya Kartika Paramita
doaj   +1 more source

Bacteriological analysis of street-vended fruit juices available in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand

open access: yesJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Background: A descriptive study was carried out due to absence of knowledge of relation between hygiene status of vendor and extent of contamination while simultaneously adding to the pool of similar studies, which would in turn help government formulate
Yatharth Malik   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving menstrual hygiene management among adolescent girls in tribal areas of Gujarat: an evaluation of an implementation model integrating the government service delivery system

open access: yesSexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2022
The majority of adolescent girls in rural India lack awareness regarding menstrual hygiene management (MHM), access to sanitary absorbents and necessary facilities in schools, homes, and workplaces.
Maitri Vayeda   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The hygiene hypothesis for allergy – conception and evolution

open access: yesFrontiers in Allergy, 2022
In 1989, a short paper entitled “Hay fever, hygiene and household size” observed that British children from larger families were less likely to develop hay fever and suggested that this could be because early exposure to infection prevents allergy.
Michael R Perkin, David P Strachan
doaj   +1 more source

Water, sanitation, and hygiene services in health care facilities in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia

open access: yesJournal of Water and Health, 2022
Provision of safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in health care facilities is a priority at the global, national, and local levels. To inform improvements planning, conditions of WASH, waste management, and environmental cleaning were ...
Sanja Bijelović   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Water sanitation, hygiene and the prevalence of diarrhea in the rural areas of the delta region of Myanmar

open access: yesJournal of Water and Health, 2022
Myanmar is an agriculture-based country with 70% of the total population residing in rural areas. Around half of the total population in Myanmar has to consume water from unimproved sources.
Shane Htet Ko, Hiroshi Sakai
doaj   +1 more source

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