Communities with higher levels of social capital perform better than communities with lower
social capital in community-level water and sanitation interventions and have better health …

Background Globally, preterm birth (PTB) and low infant birth weight (LBW) are leading
causes of maternal and child morbidity and mortality. Inadequate water and sanitation …

This article examines the relationship between social capital and the creation and exchange
of knowledge for grassroots development. It applies a framework that originated in …

Diseases related to poor water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) are major causes of
mortality and morbidity. While pursuing marketing approaches to WaSH to improve health …

Under-five mortality is known to be the result of a wide variety of inputs, among which the
availability of maternal and child health services. However, their coverage and distribution …

While the current scholarship on open defecation overwhelmingly focuses on increasing
access to sanitation facilities as the solution, millions of people around the world still practise …

One challenge facing water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programs is that water and
sanitation infrastructure are generally collective goods, while WASH behaviors involve …

Access to safe drinking water, proper sanitation and adequate hygienic practices are not
only decisive for people's wellbeing, but these are also fundamental to social and economic …

Social capital is becoming a well-studied social construct that establishes its relevance in
uplifting the well-being and health of diverse social categories. A survey was conducted …

The extreme hunger and deprivation that recurs every year in the lean season in northern
Bangladesh, locally known as the Monga, is mainly due to the malfunctioning local labor …