Background: Uptake of government-promoted sanitation remains a challenge. We evaluated
a low-cost, theory-driven behavioural intervention designed to increase latrine use and safe …

Objective To explore child defecation and faeces management practices in rural
Bangladesh with the aim to redesign and pilot a tool to facilitate removal and disposal of …

Background Poor sanitation is thought to be a major cause of enteric infections among
young children. However, there are no previously published randomized trials to measure …

We sought to develop a water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) intervention to minimize
fecal–oral transmission among children aged 0–18 months in the Sanitation Hygiene Infant …

Objectives Despite threefold increase in investment (from Rs. 28,500 million to Rs. 90,000
million during 2014–17) in the allocation of funds for the Clean India movement, creating …

Eliminating open defecation is increasingly seen as a key health outcome, with links to
reduced stunting, improved educational and positive health outcomes for children. In Sub …

Background Recent studies have shown an increase in open defecation and slippage of
open defecation-free certified villages in Ethiopia, despite significant progress the country …

Exposure to fecal pathogens contributes to childhood diarrhea and stunting, causing harmful
short-and long-term impacts to health. Understanding pathways of child fecal exposure and …

Open-defecation (OD) is one of the most widespread sanitation practices in low-income
countries. This practice often causes diarrheal diseases and 760,000 deaths per year. To …

Background Diarrhea and acute respiratory infection (ARI) are leading causes of death in
children. The WASH Benefits Bangladesh trial implemented a multicomponent sanitation …