[HTML][HTML] Drinking water and the implications for gender equity and empowerment: A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative evidence

K De Guzman, G Stone, AR Yang, KE Schaffer… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Safe drinking water is a fundamental human right, yet more than 785 million
people do not have access to it. The burden of water management disproportionately falls …

Preconception and periconception interventions to prevent low birth weight, small for gestational age and preterm birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis

U Partap, R Chowdhury, S Taneja, N Bhandari… - BMJ global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Background Low birth weight (LBW), including preterm birth (PTB) and small for gestational
age (SGA), contributes a significant global health burden. We aimed to summarise current …

The association between menstrual hygiene, workplace sanitation practices and self-reported urogenital symptoms in a cross-sectional survey of women working in …

SA Borg, JN Bukenya, SPS Kibira, P Nakamya… - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Women worldwide experience challenges managing their periods. Menstrual
and genital hygiene behaviours have been linked to negative health outcomes, including …

Water, sanitation and hygiene in schools in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review and implications for the COVID-19 pandemic

KIHM Poague, JI Blanford, C Anthonj - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The global COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the extent to which schools are struggling with
the provision of safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). To describe the WASH …

The physical burden of water carrying and women's psychosocial well-being: Evidence from rural nepal

VMJ Tomberge, JS Bischof, R Meierhofer… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Many women in low-income countries carry heavy loads of drinking water for their families in
difficult terrain. This can adversely affect their health and well-being. The present study is the …

Assessment of knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding menstruation and menstrual hygiene among early-reproductive aged women in Bangladesh: a cross …

AB Siddique, S Deb Nath, M Mubarak, A Akter… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Poor menstrual hygiene practices during menstruation increases the risk of
reproductive tract infections, absenteeism, and negative impact on school performance …

[HTML][HTML] A review of latrine front-end characteristics associated with microbial infection risk; reveals a lack of pathogen density data

S Adhikari, E Hunter, J van de Vossenberg… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Unsafe sanitation accounts for an estimated 898,000 global deaths annually. The faecal
pathogen transmission pathway is complex with several possible routes. Latrine front-end …

Prevalence of and factors associated with acute diarrhea among children under five in rural areas in Ethiopia with and without implementation of community-led total …

G Mernie, H Kloos, M Adane - BMC pediatrics, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Since Ethiopia has been implemented the Community-Led Total
Sanitation and Hygiene (CLTSH) approach to control incidence of diarrhea, few studies …

There can be no gender equality without menstrual justice

L Bagala, T Mahon, A Muralidharan, E Wilson - bmj, 2023 - bmj.com
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Correlates of absenteeism at work, school and social activities during menstruation: Evidence from the 2017/2018 Ghana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey

SK Alor, EA Anaba, PB Adongo - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Menstruation is a biological process which is crucial for human reproduction.
Menstruation is a source of absenteeism, yet the subject matter has not been well explored …