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Hygiene: link between fecal contamination of drinking water after collection and hygiene practices
09 Mar 09
Water-borne illness, primarily caused by fecal contamination of drinking water, is a major health burden in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Researchers from the University of Iowa (USA) and the Institute of Health Systems (India) discovered that fecal contamination occurs principally during storage.
Southern Africa: risk factors for child dysentery and watery diarrhoea assessed
05 Mar 09
A study among 254 children aged 12-24 months in rural South Africa and Zimbabwe assesses risk factors for child dysentery and watery diarrhoea in households where drinking water was collected from communal sources.
Brazil: diarrhoea through contaminated storage vessels in shanty town
05 Mar 09
A recent study in Brazil suggests that contaminated drinking water in storage vessels may be an important factor for the documented diarrhoea disease burden in Brazilian shanty towns.
Handwashing: only one in four rural Cambodians practice appropriate hand washing
13 Feb 09
Only one in four rural Cambodians practice appropriate hand washing regardless of access to clean water and hygiene knowledge, according to a recent study by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA).
Sanitation and hygiene: impact of village and household income in rural China
13 Feb 09
Rapid economic growth is not always followed by improved child nutrition status. Village income has greater effect than household income on sanitation facilities, hygiene behaviours of caretakers, and child nutrition status. This is the main conclusion from a recent study in a rural cross border area of Yunnan, China.
Hygiene behaviour: exploring intra-household factors for diarrhoeal diseases - a study in slums of Delhi, India
11 Feb 09
This study, conducted among 300 households in three slum areas in Delhi, found that good storage practices for uncontaminated water do not necessarily lead to lower incidence rates of diarrhoeal diseases.
Water supply: impact on gender and income in Gujarat, India
12 Dec 08
This paper investigates the impact of domestic water supply on economic development and gender relations in rural households in a drought-prone area of Gujarat, India.
Microfinance: improving access to water supply and sanitation in urban India
01 Dec 08
Preliminary results of research in India suggest that microlending may be an effective means of helping households in communities with existing trunk infrastructure to access improved water supply and sanitation services in their homes.
Risk surveys: targeting appropriate interventions to minimize deterioration of drinking-water quality in developing countries
10 Oct 08
Drinking-water in developing countries frequently becomes recontaminated after collection and during storage. This study proposes a ‘disease risk index’ (DRI) to reduce the risk of consuming recontaminated drinking-water.
Hygiene: survey of handwashing practices in Bangladesh
09 Oct 08
The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) has conducted a survey of handwashing practices in the country, with the primary objective of promoting handwashing at key moments.
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