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Sanitation and Health [PDF]

PLoS Medicine, 2010
As one article in a four-part PLoS Medicine series on water and sanitation, David Trouba and colleagues discuss the importance of improved sanitation to health and the role that the health sector can play in its advocacy.
Duncan Mara
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SANITATION IN INDIA. [PDF]

The Lancet, 1870
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Maclean, W. C., Nightingale, Florence
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Burden of disease attributable to unsafe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene in domestic settings: a global analysis for selected adverse health outcomes

The Lancet, 2023
Summary Background Assessments of disease burden are important to inform national, regional, and global strategies and to guide investment. We aimed to estimate the drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)-attributable burden of disease for ...
J. Wolf, R. Johnston, A. Ambelu, B. Arnold, Robert E S Bain, Michael Brauer, Joe Brown, B. Caruso, T. Clasen, J. Colford, J. Mills, B. Evans, M. Freeman, Bruce Gordon, Gagandeep Kang, C. Lanata, K. Medlicott, A. Prüss-Ustün, C. Troeger, Sophie Boisson, O. Cumming   +20 more
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Exploring the usage and impact of urban sanitation tools targeting low- and middle-income countries

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023
Background: In recent years the number of tools developed to help advance sustainable urban sanitation coverage in low- and middle-income countries has increased significantly, yet no study has been undertaken to determine their usage or impact.
C. Furlong, A. Mugendi, A. Mugendi, D. Brdjanovic   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of interventions to improve drinking water, sanitation, and handwashing with soap on risk of diarrhoeal disease in children in low-income and middle-income settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet, 2022
Summary Background Estimates of the effectiveness of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions that provide high levels of service on childhood diarrhoea are scarce. We aimed to provide up-to-date estimates on the burden of disease attributable
J. Wolf, S. Hubbard, Michael Brauer, A. Ambelu, B. Arnold, Robert E S Bain, Valerie Bauza, Joe Brown, B. Caruso, T. Clasen, J. Colford, M. Freeman, Bruce Gordon, R. Johnston, Andrew N. Mertens, A. Prüss-Ustün, I. Ross, J. Stanaway, Jeff T Zhao, O. Cumming, Sophie Boisson   +20 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sustainability of drinking water and sanitation delivery systems in rural communities of the Lepelle Nkumpi Local Municipality, South Africa

Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2023
Water and sanitation are core for the growth and development of communities. Yet, South African local municipalities are often unable to sustainably deliver safe water and basic sanitation for all.
Prosper Bazaanah, Raesibe A. Mothapo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

SANITATION AT SEA. [PDF]

The Lancet, 1890
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Piggott, EdwdA, Moss, ArthurJ
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Impact of access to improved water and sanitation on diarrhea reduction among rural under-five children in low and middle-income countries: a propensity score matched analysis

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2023
Background Diarrhea, the second leading cause of child morbidity and mortality worldwide, is responsible for more than 90% of deaths in children under 5 years of age in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).
M. Merid, Adugnaw Zeleke Alem, Dagmawi Chilot, D. G. Belay, Anteneh Ayelign Kibret, Melaku Hunie Asratie, Yadelew Yimer Shibabaw, Fantu Mamo Aragaw   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The effects of racism, social exclusion, and discrimination on achieving universal safe water and sanitation in high-income countries.

Lancet Global Health, 2023
Drinking water and sanitation services in high-income countries typically bring widespread health and other benefits to their populations. Yet gaps in this essential public health infrastructure persist, driven by structural inequalities, racism, poverty,
Joe Brown, C. Acey, C. Anthonj, D. Barrington, C. Beal, D. Capone, O. Cumming, Kristi Pullen Fedinick, J. MacDonald Gibson, Brittany Hicks, M. Kozubik, Nikoleta Lakatosova, K. Linden, N. Love, Kaitlin J. Mattos, H. Murphy, Inga T. Winkler   +16 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prior environmental characterization strategies for outfall systems [PDF]

Revista DAE, 2016
Florianópolis is one of the most important touristic cities in the south region of Brazil. Six Wastewater Treatment Plants handles 50% of city sewage treated and disposal into fragile areas such as small rivers, mangroves and near shore locations into ...
Alexandre Bach Trevisan, Ricardo Kazuo Furuya, Vanessa dos Santos   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source