Women and girls are disproportionately affected by the lack of access to basic water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities. What is needed to... Read more...
A study on sanitation-related psychosocial stress among Indian women in Odisha finds that: Sanitation-behaviors are more expansive than urination and... Read more...
While the importance of hygiene is increasingly being recognized, far less consideration has been given to the role of the complete WASH package in... Read more...
Stool disposal practices have been shown to be associated with childhood diarrhoea. However, efforts to promote improved hygiene behaviour are... Read more...
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... Read more...
Au Burkina Faso, comme dans plusieurs pays tropicaux, le paludisme demeure l'une des premières causes de consultation dans les centres de santé : les... Read more...
A "non-blind" randomized hand washing intervention study was conducted in a low socioeconomic community in Rangoon to determine if hand... Read more...
An epidemiological survey carried out in the Dodoma region of Tanzania found that high rates of trachoma infection in pre-school children were... Read more...
To understand the roles of specific maternal and domestic hygiene practices in preventing diarrhoea, 611 rural children aged under 5 years in... Read more...
This letter describes the LePSA method for training mothers to recognise different severity levels of diarrhoea and treat each appropriately or seek... Read more...
This study examines the effect of maternal personal and domestic hygiene on the incidence of diarrhoea in children aged 6-23 months from rural areas... Read more...
One hundred and eight rural mothers were interviewed about childhood diarrhoea. Read more...