Objectives Safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene are protective against diarrhoeal
disease; a leading cause of child mortality. The main objective was an updated assessment …

Humans can be exposed to pathogens from poorly managed animal feces, particularly in
communities where animals live in close proximity to humans. This systematic review of peer …

Cervical cancer is one of the gravest threats to women's lives. It is estimated that over a
million women worldwide currently have cervical cancer. Most of these women have not …

Background Sanitation aims to sequester human feces and prevent exposure to fecal
pathogens. More than 2.4 billion people worldwide lack access to improved sanitation …

Background 2.8 billion people cook with solid fuels, resulting in almost 3 million premature
deaths from household air pollution (HAP). To date, no systematic assessment of impacts on …

Background: Community-led total sanitation (CLTS) is a widely applied rural behavior
change approach for ending open defecation. However, evidence of its impact is unclear …

We conducted a study to evaluate the sustainability of community-led total sanitation (CLTS)
outcomes in Ethiopia and Ghana. Plan International, with local actors, implemented four …

Globally, approximately 3 billion primarily cook using inefficient and poorly vented
combustion devices, leading to unsafe levels of household air pollution (HAP) in and around …

Background Lack of access to and use of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) cause 1.6
million deaths every year, of which 1.2 million are due to gastrointestinal illnesses like …

Worldwide, 892 million people practice open defecation, most of whom live in rural areas of
South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) is the most …