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 …

Background Sanitation is inadequate in most cities in developing countries, with major
effects on infectious disease burden: in this situation, is piped sewerage an appropriate …

This paper presents a synthetic review of impact evaluations examining effectiveness of
water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions in reducing diarrhoea among children. The …

The high rates of environmental change and accelerated species loss in the urban
development process should be quantified to rebalance the social and environmental …

Sanitation in neighbourhood and household domains can provide primary protection
against diarrhea morbidity, yet their distinct health benefits have not been succinctly …

Introduction Access to safe sanitation in low-income, informal settlements of Sub-Saharan
Africa has not significantly improved since 1990. The combination of a high faecal-related …

Background: Diarrhea infection has been established as one of the major etiologies and risk
factors of malnutrition in children. Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the …

Modelling urban inundation and its associated health implications is numerous in its many
applications. Flood modelling research contains a broad wealth of material, and microbial …

Divisions between communities, disciplinary and practice, impede understanding of how
complex interventions in health and other sectors actually work and slow the development …

Objective This study examined associations between household sanitation and enteric
infection–including diarrhoeal‐specific outcomes–in children 0–2 years of age in a low …