Unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene

A Prüss-Üstün, D Kay, L Fewtrell, J Bartram - … Quantification of Health …, 2004 - JSTOR
The disease burden from unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene (WSH) is estimated at the
global level taking into account various disease outcomes, principally diarrhoeal diseases …

Constructing the ecological sanitation: a review on technology and methods

M Hu, B Fan, H Wang, B Qu, S Zhu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016 - Elsevier
Wastewater often contains valuable resources (eg organic matter and nutrients). Different
from conventional sanitation approaches, the ecological sanitation (Eco-San) system is …

Sub-optimal household water access is associated with greater risk of intimate partner violence against women: evidence from Nepal

N Choudhary, A Brewis, A Wutich… - Journal of Water and …, 2020 - iwaponline.com
Household water management is often women's responsibility, as related to the gendered
nature of household roles. Ethnographic data suggest that household water insecurity could …

Integrating disease control strategies: balancing water sanitation and hygiene interventions to reduce diarrheal disease burden

JNS Eisenberg, JC Scott… - American journal of …, 2007 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. Although the burden of diarrheal disease resulting from inadequate water
quality, sanitation practices, and hygiene remains high, there is little understanding of the …

Water systems, sanitation, and public health risks in remote communities: Inuit resident perspectives from the Canadian Arctic

K Daley, H Castleden, R Jamieson, C Furgal… - Social Science & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Safe drinking water and wastewater sanitation are universally recognized as critical
components of public health. It is well documented that a lack of access to these basic …

[HTML][HTML] Acute, infectious diarrhea among children in developing countries

LJ Podewils, ED Mintz, JP Nataro… - Seminars in pediatric …, 2004 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Diarrheal diseases are among the leading causes of death among children in developing
countries and claimed an estimated 1.4 to 2.5 million lives in the year 2000. 1-4 In …

Global distribution of human-associated fecal genetic markers in reference samples from six continents

RE Mayer, GH Reischer, SK Ixenmaier… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Numerous bacterial genetic markers are available for the molecular detection of human
sources of fecal pollution in environmental waters. However, widespread application is …

[PDF][PDF] The global distribution of risk factors by poverty level

T Blakely, S Hales, C Kieft, N Wilson… - Bulletin of the World …, 2005 - SciELO Public Health
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the individual-level association of income poverty with being
underweight, using tobacco, drinking alcohol, having access only to unsafe water and …

[HTML][HTML] Review of concerned SARS-CoV-2 variants like Alpha (B. 1.1. 7), Beta (B. 1.351), Gamma (P. 1), Delta (B. 1.617. 2), and Omicron (B. 1.1. 529), as well as …

S Zahmatkesh, M Sillanpaa, Y Rezakhani… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
The coronavirus known as COVID-19, which causes pandemics, is causing a global
epidemic at a critical stage today. Furthermore, novel mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 spike …

[PDF][PDF] Household water management: refining the dominant paradigm

TF Clasen, S Cairncross - Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2004 - Citeseer
Diarrhoeal diseases kill an estimated 2.5 million people each year, the majority being
children under 5 years (Kosek et al. 2003). An estimated 4 billion cases annually account for …