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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,
Katherine F Shields   +2 more
exaly   +7 more sources

Public Perception and Hand Hygiene Behavior During COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2021
Hand hygiene practices are important not only during the corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, but also critical to prevent the possible spread of other infectious diseases.
Ni Made Utami Dwipayanti   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

The Hygiene Hypothesis – Learning From but Not Living in the Past

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2021
Postulated by Strachan more than 30 years ago, the Hygiene Hypothesis has undergone many revisions and adaptations. This review journeys back to the beginnings of the Hygiene Hypothesis and describes the most important landmarks in its development ...
P. Pfefferle   +3 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care [PDF]

open access: yesCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017
Background Health care‐associated infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Hand hygiene is regarded as an effective preventive measure. This is an update of a previously published review.
Chudleigh, J. H.   +4 more
core   +3 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

Water, sanitation, and hygiene for schistosomiasis prevention: a qualitative analysis of experiences of stakeholders in rural KwaZulu-Natal

open access: yesJournal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 2021
uMkhanyakude District in KwaZulu-Natal province is one of the districts in the six provinces in South Africa where schistosomiasis is endemic. While it is well established that schistosomiasis is a public health problem in the district and that efforts ...
Chanelle Mulopo, Moses J. Chimbari
doaj   +1 more source

Water, sanitation and hygiene coverage and practices of a semi-arid county in the Eastern region of Kenya

open access: yesJournal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 2021
Despite substantial progress in sanitation and hygiene in Kenya, its semi-arid regions still experience poor environmental conditions. Kitui County, a semi-arid region, is characterized by water supply shortages, poor sanitation and poor hygiene coverage.
Kioko Kithuki   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reaching those left behind: knowledge gaps, challenges, and approaches to achieving SDG 6 in high-income countries

open access: yesJournal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 2021
Even as progress has been made in extending access to safe water and sanitation under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), substantial disparities in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services persist in high-income countries around the world ...
Kaitlin J. Mattos   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

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