Isthmian Sanitation

Endovascular treatment of acute aortic isthmian ruptures: case study

Traumatic rupture of the aortic isthmus is a rare lesion occurring in patients subjected to violent deceleration. Because of the forces involved, it is frequently associated with concomitant life-threatening injuries. The endovascular intervention has been described to be a feasible and efficient technique which may be proposed as a therapeutic option for patients with multiple traumas instead ...

Ecological Sanitation

Field Sanitation

Ecological Sanitation--a way to solve global sanitation problems?

Today about 2.4 billion people in rural and urban areas do not have access to adequate sanitation services. Within 20 years, it is expected that an additional 2 billion will live in towns and cities, mainly in developing countries, demanding sanitation. Still over 90% of sewage in developing countries is discharged untreated, polluting rivers, lakes and coastal areas. Conventional sanitation co...

Sanitation and Potential Gains from Sanitation Marketing in Ghana

6 Household demand for improved sanitation in developing countries is an important 7 social and behavioral process with implications for public health, sanitation policy and 8 planning, and sanitation design and technology development. This paper develops a 9 behavioral approach to assess household demand for improved sanitation in Ghana. Adoption 10 decision stages of preference, intention, an...