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Unleashing capacity in the water sector: A framework for public entities
Water PolicyCapacity development in the water sector is crucial to achieving universal, sustainable, and resilient services. It has been broadly recognized as a priority, connected with governance of water resources and water and sanitation services.
Alejandro Jiménez +2 more
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What Influences Open Defecation and Latrine Ownership in Rural Households?: Findings from a Global Review [PDF]
, 2014 In this review, the Water and Sanitation Program of the World Bank identifies commonalities and differences across sanitation market research studies it has conducted in eight countries since 2006 to determine factors that affect sanitation behaviors ...
Kathryn O'Connell
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World Development, 2019 The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is ambitious and inclusive, but how well are these global aspirations likely to result in implementable policy change for water and sanitation?
V. Herrera
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International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 2021 Faecal-oral infections are a major component of the disease burden in low-income contexts, with inadequate sanitation seen as a contributing factor. However, demonstrating health effects of sanitation interventions - particularly in urban areas - has ...
T. Foster +10 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study develops neural bioprinted piezoelectric scaffolds which construct local “sensor‐effector” circuit, inspired by the skeletal interoception system. Upon US stimulation sensing and mechanoelectrical coupling by PLLA nanofibers, the incorporated DRG neurons effect through Ca2+ influx‐induced enhanced secretion and expression of CGRP.
Yingze Su +18 more
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The impact of river sand mining and waste management on the Volta Lake: A case study of Asutsuare
Scientific AfricanThe safety of drinking water is becoming more crucial as the world's population is increasing and anthropogenic activities which pollute water resources are intensifying.
Daniel Kwaku Amoah +5 more
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Deliberate exposure of humans to chlorine-the aftermath of Ebola in West Africa
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2016 Background During the recent Ebola outbreak, spraying of the environment and humans, including healthcare workers, with chlorine was wide spread in affected African countries; adverse clinical effects are reported here.
Shaheen Mehtar +3 more
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Evaluation of the Costs and Benefits of Water and Sanitation Improvements at the Global Level [PDF]
, 2004 This study estimated the economic costs and benefits of a range of selected interventions to improve water and sanitation services. The entire analysis is based on changes in water and sanitation service levels. For developing countries, the World Health
Guy Hutton, Laurence Haller
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Social Science & Medicine (1967), 2021 Preventing infectious disease has often been the primary rationale for public investment in sanitation. However, broader aspects of sanitation such as privacy and safety are important to users across settings, and have been linked to mental wellbeing ...
I. Ross +5 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper underscores the critical role of multisectoral convergence in enhancing child health, particularly in addressing anemia, a micronutrient deficiency linked to both diet and sanitation. We explore how the integration of nationwide food and nutrition programs with sanitation initiatives impacts anemia in Indian children under three ...
Soumya Gupta, Payal Seth, Prabhu Pingali
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