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Islam, M.S. et al., 2013. Hygiene intervention reduces contamination of weaning food in Bangladesh. , ppp. 250 - 258.

Published on: 29/04/2013

This study was conducted to measure the impact of a hygiene intervention on the contamination of weaning food in Bangladesh. Sixty households were...

Greenland, K., Cairncross, S. & Curtis, V., 2012. What can hand hygiene do for the world?, London, UK: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Published on: 21/11/2012

Handwashing with soap is regarded as one of the most cost-effective interventions to improve public health. This is mainly because the simple...

Biran, A. et al., 2012. Background paper on measuring WASH and food hygiene practices : definition of goals to be tackled post 2015 by the Joint Monitoring Programme, London, UK: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Dept. of Public Health and Polic. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Biran-2012-Background.doc.

Published on: 26/06/2012

In 2013 the United Nations General Assembly will be asked to decide what development goals the international community should seek beyond 2015....

Curtis, V., De Barra, M. & Aunger, R., 2011. Disgust as an adaptive system for disease avoidance behaviour. , ppp. 389 - 401; 2 fig.

Published on: 21/11/2012

Disgust is an evolved psychological system for protecting organisms from infection through disease avoidant behaviour. This ‘behavioural immune...

Curtis, V., 2010. From Semmelweis to global handwashing day : what’s the latest on hygiene promotion?, Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Curtis-2010-From.pdf.

Published on: 18/11/2010

The study of hygiene has an important place in the history of epidemiology. One of the first ever statistical investigations of death and disease ...

Sidibe, M. & Curtis, V., 2007. Can hygiene be cool and fun? : insights from school children in Senegal, (Field note / WSP) Nairobi, Kenya: Water and Sanitation Program - African Region. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Sidibe-2007-Can.pdf.

Published on: 14/09/2007

A research project conducted among primary schools in Dakar suggests that relatively simple low-cost interventions can have far-reaching effects...

Jenkins, M.W. & Curtis, V., 2005. Achieving the "good life" : why some people want latrines in rural Benin. , ppp. 2446 - 2459 : 1 fig., 3 tab. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Jenkins-2005-Achieving.pdf.

Published on: 10/08/2007

Nearly half the world’s population lacks basic sanitation to protect their environment from human fecal contamination. Building a latrine is the...

Curtis, V., 2005. Hygiene promotion, (WELL factsheet) Loughborough, UK: Water, Engineering and Development Centre, Loughborough University of Technology, WEDC.

Published on: 01/01/1970

Thomas, A., Curtis, V. & Water and Sanitation Program -Washington, DC, US, WSP, 2003. Public-private partnerships for health : a review of best practices in the health sector, Washington, DC, USA: Water and Sanitation Program, WSP. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Thomas-2003-Public-private.pdf.

Published on: 01/01/1970

This review has been prepared as a guide to best practices for PPPs in the health sector. It examines the underlying philosophy of PPPs, their...

Curtis, V., 2003. Talking dirty : how to save a million lives. , ppp. 73-79 : 2 fig. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Curtis-2003-Talking.pdf.

Published on: 01/01/1970

Curtis, V. et al., 2003. Hygiene in the home : relating bugs and behaviour. , ppp. 657-672 : 1 fig., 9 tab. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Curtis-2003-Hygiene.pdf.

Published on: 12/03/2009

Borghi, J. et al., 2002. Is hygiene promotion cost-effective? : a case study in Burkina Faso. , ppp. 960-969 : 8 tab. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Borghi-2002-Is.pdf.

Published on: 01/01/1970

Sidibe, M. & Curtis, V., 2002. Hygiene promotion in Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe : new approaches to behaviour change, (Field note / WSP no. 7) Nairobi, Kenya: Water and Sanitation Program - African Region. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/WSP-2002-Hygiene.pdf.

Published on: 01/01/1970

Description of two hygiene promotion programmes: Programme Saniya in Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe Applied Health Education and Development (ZimHEAD).

Curtis, V., 2002. Health in your hands : lessons from building public-private partnerships for washing hands with soap 2nd ed.nd ed, Washington, DC, USA: Water and Sanitation Program, WSP. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Curtis-2002-Health.pdf.

Published on: 31/12/2004

This document is primarily for private and public agencies which are interested in setting up Public Private Partnerships for Handwashing in their...

Curtis, V. et al., 2001. Evidence of behaviour change following a hygiene promotion programme in Burkina Faso. , ppp. 518-527 : 3 boxes, 1 fig., 4 tab. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Curtis-2001-Evidence.pdf.

Published on: 01/01/1970

Curtis, V., 2001. Handwashing for health : the power of the market, London, UK: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Curtis-2001-Handwashing.pdf.

Published on: 01/01/1970

Kanki, B. et al., 2001. Signe d'évolution des comportements suite à un programme de promotion de l'hygiène au Burkina Faso. , ppp. 4-14 : tabs.

Published on: 30/12/2004

Chaque année, la diarrhée provoque la mort de plus de trois millions d'enfants.

Burgers, L., Kanki, B. & Curtis, V., 2001. Saniya : programme de communication en santé publique dans une ville Ouest-africaine. , ppp. 412-414 : tabs.

Published on: 30/12/2004

Plus de 3 millions d'enfants meurent chaque année d'infections intestinales dans les pays en développement et 1/3 de la population mondiale souffre...

Curtis, V., Cairncross, S. & Yonli, R., 2000. Review. Domestic hygiene and diarrhoea - pinpointing the problem. , ppp. 22-32. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Curtis-2000-Domestic.pdf.

Published on: 01/01/1970

Curtis, V. & Kanki, B., 1999. Towards better programming : a manual on hygiene promotion, (Water, environment and sanitation technical guidelines series / UNICEF no. 6) New York, NY, USA: UNICEF Water, Environment and Sanitation Section. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Curtis-1999-Towards.pdf.

Published on: 01/01/1970

This manual aims to help development workers reduce diarrhoeal diseases by presenting methodologies to promote behavioural change for safer hygiene...

Cave, B. & Curtis, V., 1999. Effectiveness of promotional techniques in environmental health, (WELL study no. 165) London, UK: Water and Environmental Health at London and Loughborough (WELL). Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Cave-1999-Effectiveness.pdf.

Published on: 01/01/1970

A literature review focusing on the potential effectiveness of approaches to environmental health promotion in developing countries and...

Curtis, V., 1998. The dangers of dirt : household hygiene and health, Wageningen, The Netherlands: Agricultural University Wageningen. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/203.2-98DA-15820.pdf.

Published on: 31/12/2004

This publication describes results of nine years work to improve hygiene in a developing country context, based on field work in Bobo-Dioulasso,...

Curtis, V. & Kanki, B., 1998. Happy, healthy and hygienic : how to set up a hygiene promotion programme. 1. Planning a hygiene promotion programme, (Water, environment and sanitation technical guidelines series / UNICEF no. 5) New York, NY, USA: UNICEF Water, Environment and Sanitation Section. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/203.215941.pdf.

Published on: 01/01/1970

This first manual, in a series of four mini-manuals, introduces the ideas and techniques of hygiene promotion.

Curtis, V. & Kanki, B., 1998. Happy, healthy and hygienic : how to set up a hygiene promotion programme. 2. Risk practices, target practices, (Water, environment and sanitation technical guidelines series / UNICEF no. 5) New York, NY, USA: UNICEF Water, Environment and Sanitation Section. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/203.215942.pdf.

Published on: 01/01/1970

This second manual, in a series of four mini-manuals, is on how to identify practices that need to change and how to develop replacement practices...

Curtis, V. & Kanki, B., 1998. Happy, healthy and hygienic : how to set up a hygiene promotion programme. 4. Communicating hygiene, (Water, environment and sanitation technical guidelines series / UNICEF no. 5) New York, NY, USA: UNICEF Water, Environment and Sanitation Section. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/203.215944.pdf.

Published on: 01/01/1970

This fourth manual, in a series of four mini-manuals, deals with how to understand how people communicate and how to build on that knowledge to...

Curtis, V.

Islam, M.S. et al., 2013. Hygiene intervention reduces contamination of weaning food in Bangladesh. , ppp. 250 - 258.

Greenland, K., Cairncross, S. & Curtis, V., 2012. What can hand hygiene do for the world?, London, UK: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Curtis, V., De Barra, M. & Aunger, R., 2011. Disgust as an adaptive system for disease avoidance behaviour. , ppp. 389 - 401; 2 fig.

Curtis, V., 2010. From Semmelweis to global handwashing day : what’s the latest on hygiene promotion?, Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Curtis-2010-From.pdf.

Sidibe, M. & Curtis, V., 2007. Can hygiene be cool and fun? : insights from school children in Senegal, (Field note / WSP) Nairobi, Kenya: Water and Sanitation Program - African Region. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Sidibe-2007-Can.pdf.

Jenkins, M.W. & Curtis, V., 2005. Achieving the "good life" : why some people want latrines in rural Benin. , ppp. 2446 - 2459 : 1 fig., 3 tab. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Jenkins-2005-Achieving.pdf.

Curtis, V., 2005. Hygiene promotion, (WELL factsheet) Loughborough, UK: Water, Engineering and Development Centre, Loughborough University of Technology, WEDC.

Curtis, V., 2003. Talking dirty : how to save a million lives. , ppp. 73-79 : 2 fig. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Curtis-2003-Talking.pdf.

Curtis, V. et al., 2003. Hygiene in the home : relating bugs and behaviour. , ppp. 657-672 : 1 fig., 9 tab. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Curtis-2003-Hygiene.pdf.

Borghi, J. et al., 2002. Is hygiene promotion cost-effective? : a case study in Burkina Faso. , ppp. 960-969 : 8 tab. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Borghi-2002-Is.pdf.

Sidibe, M. & Curtis, V., 2002. Hygiene promotion in Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe : new approaches to behaviour change, (Field note / WSP no. 7) Nairobi, Kenya: Water and Sanitation Program - African Region. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/WSP-2002-Hygiene.pdf.

Curtis, V., 2002. Health in your hands : lessons from building public-private partnerships for washing hands with soap 2nd ed.nd ed, Washington, DC, USA: Water and Sanitation Program, WSP. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Curtis-2002-Health.pdf.

Curtis, V. et al., 2001. Evidence of behaviour change following a hygiene promotion programme in Burkina Faso. , ppp. 518-527 : 3 boxes, 1 fig., 4 tab. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Curtis-2001-Evidence.pdf.

Curtis, V., 2001. Handwashing for health : the power of the market, London, UK: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Curtis-2001-Handwashing.pdf.

Kanki, B. et al., 2001. Signe d'évolution des comportements suite à un programme de promotion de l'hygiène au Burkina Faso. , ppp. 4-14 : tabs.

Burgers, L., Kanki, B. & Curtis, V., 2001. Saniya : programme de communication en santé publique dans une ville Ouest-africaine. , ppp. 412-414 : tabs.

Curtis, V., Cairncross, S. & Yonli, R., 2000. Review. Domestic hygiene and diarrhoea - pinpointing the problem. , ppp. 22-32. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Curtis-2000-Domestic.pdf.

Cave, B. & Curtis, V., 1999. Effectiveness of promotional techniques in environmental health, (WELL study no. 165) London, UK: Water and Environmental Health at London and Loughborough (WELL). Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Cave-1999-Effectiveness.pdf.

Curtis, V., 1998. The dangers of dirt : household hygiene and health, Wageningen, The Netherlands: Agricultural University Wageningen. Available at: https://pt.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/203.2-98DA-15820.pdf.

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