Biofilm formation is initiated by adhesion of individual bacteria to a surface. However,
surface adhesion alone is not sufficient to form the complex community architecture of a …

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 …

The writing of each chapter of the guidelines was led by one main author and one or two co-
authors (see below) and extensively supported by Elinor Chisholm and Ramona Ludolph …

Pursuing integrated research and decision-making to advance action on the sustainable
development goals (SDGs) fundamentally depends on understanding interactions between …

Massive slums have become major features of cities in many low-income and middle-
income countries. Here, in the first in a Series of two papers, we discuss why slums are …

Objective Progress towards equitable and sufficient water has primarily been measured by
population-level data on water availability. However, higher-resolution measures of water …

In this work, the occurrence of contaminants in drinking water sources was described in
relation to their treatment options based on both conventional (eg, coagulation-flocculation …

The COVID-19 outbreak circulating the world is far from being controlled, and possible
contamination routes are still being studied. There are no confirmed cases yet, but little is …

Background Upcoming vaccination efforts against typhoid fever require an assessment of
the baseline burden of disease in countries at risk. There are no typhoid incidence data from …

Stunting is a complex and enduring challenge with far‐reaching consequences for those
affected and society as a whole. To accelerate progress in eliminating stunting, broader …