BACKGROUND Increased mortality is associated with poor household water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) practices. The objective was to study the WaSH practices for under-five children among households of Sugali Tribe, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh, India. METHODS A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in four mandals in 2012. A total of 500 households with under-five childr...

Diarrhoael disease ranks second as the cause of under -five mortality worldwide and is particularly important in the developing world. Risk factors include water source, poor human and domestic waste disposal, poor hand washing and breastfeeding practices. Outcome depends on appropriate oral rehydration therapy, continued feeding and rational use of drugs. This work was designed to identify ong...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the indigenous bacterial strains of drinking water from the most commercial water types including bottled and filtered water that are currently used in Saudi Arabia. METHODS Thirty randomly selected commercial brands of bottled water were purchased from Saudi local markets. Moreover, samples from tap water and filtered water were collected in sterilized glass bottles and...

The Chinese ‘Three Warfares’(3W) strategy incorporates media or public opinion warfare, legal and psychological warfare. 3W has evolved into a pursuit of ‘intelligentized warfare’ that aims to directly control the will highest decision-makers. This paper is focused on DIMEFIL analysis United States identify why when States’ decision-makers surrendered its superpower status, without firing one s...

this study is aimed at evaluating and measuring the factors affecting the dezful wheat farmers` attitude toward the extension of wheat waste reduction. the method of research was correlative- descriptive. the population of this study is all farmers cultivated wheat in dezful from 2011 to 2012 (n=5291). the number of samples size was 360 based on krejcie and morgan table. panel of experts and al...

This paper offers an outlook on gender mainstreaming in water management in India by investigating the linkages between „gender‟ and selected practices of drinking water management. Experience from several water projects have shown that gender is not mainstreamed effectively if restricted to practices that only try to make women visible or simply add a gender component in an intervention progra...

The BSF is a robust water treatment technology for use in rural Cambodian households, capable of effective removal of bacteria, and significant reduction of diarrheal disease. BSF performance is comparable to other recommended household water treatment interventions. The Water and Sanitation Program is an international partnership for improving water and sanitation sector policies, practices, a...

The problem of concern in this project is that in the dry season following a lowland rice (Oryza sativa L.) crop, yields of post-rice crops are generally low, despite adequate water commonly being available in the soil pro®le to grow a potentially high yielding dry season (DS) crop without irrigation. Maize (Zea mays L.) yields are as low as 1 Mg haÿ1 or less, soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) and...

Introduction: Travel health practice and research in Egypt lag behind both needs and demands. This study was done in two parts to assess travel health knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) among Egyptian travelers. Methods: This survey was conducted at the departure halls of Cairo International Airport and included 1500 travelers to Africa (excluding No...

Over 20% of residents of sub-Sahara Africa live below the poverty line. They are therefore unable to feed themselves and get access to other basic needs. Even in situations where they have access to land, they are unable to afford sufficient fertilizers and other farm inputs to produce efficiently. Pigeon pea production presents a great potential for improving livelihoods for resource poor Afri...