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...

BACKGROUND Little research has been focused on the health status or the occupational protection awareness of sanitation workers. The policy recommendations on the occupational safety and health of sanitation workers based on the scientific research are also insufficient in developing countries like China. OBJECTIVE To study the incidence of dermatoses and the relevance with occupational expos...

BACKGROUND Ghana's low investment in household sanitation is evident from the low rates of improved sanitation. This study analysed how land ownership, tenancy security and livelihood patterns are related to sanitation investments in three adjacent rural and peri-urban communities in a district close to Accra, Ghana's capital. METHODS Qualitative data was gathered for this comparative ethnogr...

BACKGROUND Despite progress made by the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) number 7.C, Vietnam still faces challenges with regard to the provision of access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. OBJECTIVE This paper describes household trends in access to improved water sources and sanitation facilities separately, and analyses factors associated with access to improved water sources an...

Diarrheal diseases account for 7% of deaths in children under five years of age in Tanzania. Improving sanitation is an essential step towards reducing these deaths. This secondary analysis examined rural Tanzanian households' sanitation behaviors and attitudes in order to identify barriers and drivers to latrine adoption. The analysis was conducted using results from a cross-sectional study of...

BACKGROUND Investigating the current level and trends of access and identifying the underlying challenges to sanitation system development will be useful in determining directions developing countries are heading as they plan to promote sustainable development goals (post 2015 agenda). This research investigates the status and trends of access to improved sanitation coverage (ISC) in relation t...

Introduction: In underdeveloped countries, such as Ethiopia, the impact of disease burden caused by inadequate, contaminated water and a lack sanitation is huge burden. Water sanitation-related infections are still high-risk habit among primary school-aged children. As reason, objective was to analyze hygiene behavior associated factors school children in Shey Bench, Southwest during 2018/19 ye...

Equitable access to water and sanitation is still a challenge worldwide in Brazil. In this sense, the concept of environmental justice was used paper as basis for establishing an Integrated Territorial Assessment Model Environmental Justice Applied Sanitation. This research aims give scientific support State Government improve public policies promote universalization services established by Sus...

At the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg in 2002, the international community agreed to a target to halve the proportion of people who lack access to basic sanitation by 2015. Available information paints a grim picture of the water and sanitation conditions in much of the developing countries. The great majority of these people live in Asia and Africa. Over one-hal...

BACKGROUND Diarrhea remains a leading killer of young children on the globe despite the availability of simple and effective solutions to prevent and control it. The disease is more prevalent among under - five children (U5C) in the developing world due to lack of sanitation. A child dies every 15 s from diarrheal disease caused largely by poor sanitation. Nearly 90% of diarrheal disease is att...