Researchers suggest that inadequate sanitation contributes to high rates of diarrheal disease causing 20 percent of diarrhea deaths (approximately 280,000 deaths in 2012)i. Despite the billions of dollars that governments and multi-lateral donors are spending on sanitation programming around the developing world, there is still disagreement on the fundamental reasons for high rates of inadequat...

This research aimed to study problems of the corporate environments and their causes and the importance of the development of a sanitation and environmental management model using participatory process in Prachinburi Honda Cars Co. Limited; and to develop and evaluate the developed model. The participatory action research (PAR) and the pretest–posttest one group design were employed. The develo...

Data collected in the late 1980s from eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (Burundi, Ghana, Togo, and Uganda), Asia/North Africa (Sri Lanka and Morocco), and the Americas (Bolivia and Guatemala) were combined and analyzed to test whether incremental health effects regarding diarrhea and nutritional status result from incremental improvements in water and sanitation conditions. Rural (n = 11,99...

BACKGROUND People living with HIV/AIDS have substantially greater need for water, sanitation, and hygiene. Encouraging hygiene education for People Living with HIV/AIDS in home based care services and additional support for the provision of water, sanitation, and hygiene services is recommended. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried during 2009 to assess water, sanitation status and hyg...

BACKGROUND Access to sanitation facilities is imperative in reducing the risk of multiple adverse health outcomes. A distinct disparity in sanitation exists among different wealth levels in many low-income countries, which may hinder the progress across each of the Millennium Development Goals. METHODS The surveyed households in 397 clusters from 2008-2009 Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys...

BACKGROUND Access to improved sanitation plays an important role in child health through its impact on diarrheal mortality and malnutrition. Inequities in sanitation coverage translate into health inequities across socio-economic groups. This paper presents the differential impact on child mortality and diarrheal incidence of expanding sanitation coverage across wealth quintiles in Nepal. MET...

A total of 144 studies were analysed to examine the impact of improved water supply and sanitation facilities on ascariasis, diarrhoea, dracunculiasis, hookworm infection, schistosomiasis, and trachoma. These diseases were selected because they are widespread and illustrate the variety of mechanisms through which improved water and sanitation can protect people. Disease-specific median reductio...