Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for the
deadly respiratory disease called coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19), an ongoing …

Pit latrines are widely promoted to improve sanitation in low-income settings, but their
pollution and health risks receive cursory attention. The present narrative review presents …

Disposable diapers are becoming increasingly popular and present an emerging challenge
for global waste management, particularly within LMICs. They offer a cheap and convenient …

Ensuring access to adequate and equitable sanitation and ending open defecation by 2030
is the focus of Sustainable Development Goal 6.2 (SDG6. 2). We evaluated Malawi's …

Pit-latrines are central to achieving UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) of
ensuring “clean water and sanitation for all”. Unless safely managed, pit-latrines result in …

Sanitation infrastructure can fail during heavy rainfall and flooding, allowing the release of
fecal waste–and the pathogens it carries–into spaces where people live, work, and play …

Introduction: In order to meet the sustainable development goals targets of sanitation,
countries aim to increase access to safely managed sanitation services for its citizens. Safely …

Background. Open defecation was largely a rural phenomenon most widely attributed to
poor latrine ownership at community level. We aimed at examining latrine ownership and its …

Background Less than one-third of sub-Saharan Africans have access to improved water
sources. In US, Indian, and African studies, Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is increased among …

The global sanitation workforce bridges the gap between sanitation infrastructure and the
provision of sanitation services through essential public service work. Manual pit emptiers …