In the rural water supply projects carried out under Italian development aid, social activities have been incorporated to stimulate communication and... Read more...
Data from interview surveys of households or health facilities are used to assess community parameters such as health status and factors related to... Read more...
The relationship between personal and domestic hygiene behaviour and hospitalized childhood diarrhoea was examined in a case-control study of 356... Read more...
The rapid evaluation method (REM) was developed by WHO in order to assess the performance and quality of health care services, identify operational... Read more...
A total of 144 studies were analysed to assess the impact of improved water supply and sanitation facilities on ascariasis, diarrhoea, dracunculiasis... Read more...
In 1986 a survey was conducted examining the performance of voluntary health promoters in slum areas around Pucallpa, Peru, three years after an... Read more...
The health impact of using biogas digesters in China is discussed. Read more...
Development practitioners often have relied solely on technology and education imposed from the outside, rather than (a) assessing existing cultural... Read more...
The effects of water quantity and sanitation, alone and in combination with each other, on infant weight and length gain were examined. Read more...
Community-based studies of diarrhoea etiology and epidemiology were carried out from July 1982 - June 1984 in 153 infants living in a poor peri-urban... Read more...
In a 4-week period in early 1976 in a poor, working class area of Cali, Colombia, the prevalences of diarrhoea, vomiting, common cold, and head lice... Read more...
The provision of adequate water supply and sanitation to the rapidly growing urban populations is increasingly becoming a problem throughout the... Read more...