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'It's like a burden on the head': Redefining adequate menstrual hygiene management throughout women's varied life stages in Odisha, India

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

A Systematic Review to Evaluate the Association between Clean Cooking Technologies and Time Use in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

scientific article published on 27 June 2019

A cluster-randomized multi-level intervention to increase latrine use and safe disposal of child feces in rural Odisha, India: the Sundara Grama research protocol

scholarly article by Bethany A Caruso et al published 18 March 2019 in BMC Public Health

Active trachoma and community use of sanitation, Ethiopia.

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Advantages and limitations for users of double pit pour-flush latrines: a qualitative study in rural Bangladesh

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Air pollution and stunting: a missing link?

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Assessing Latrine Use in Rural India: A Cross-Sectional Study Comparing Reported Use and Passive Latrine Use Monitors

scientific article published on 25 July 2016

Assessing Women's Menstruation Concerns and Experiences in Rural India: Development and Validation of a Menstrual Insecurity Measure

scientific article published on 15 May 2020

Assessing Women's Negative Sanitation Experiences and Concerns: The Development of a Novel Sanitation Insecurity Measure

scientific article published on 11 July 2017

Assessing longer-term effectiveness of a combined household-level piped water and sanitation intervention on child diarrhoea, acute respiratory infection, soil-transmitted helminth infection and nutritional status: a matched cohort study in rural Od

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Assessing patterns and determinants of latrine use in rural settings: A longitudinal study in Odisha, India

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Assessing the Association between Thermotolerant Coliforms in Drinking Water and Diarrhea: An Analysis of Individual-Level Data from Multiple Studies

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Assessing the Health Impact of Water Quality Interventions in Low-Income Settings: Concerns Associated with Blinded Trials and the Need for Objective Outcomes

scientific article published on 18 December 2015

Assessing the Microbiological Performance and Potential Cost of Boiling Drinking Water in Urban Zambia

scientific article published on June 23, 2011

Assessing the consistency and microbiological effectiveness of household water treatment practices by urban and rural populations claiming to treat their water at home: a case study in Peru

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Assessing the impact of a school-based safe water intervention on household adoption of point-of-use water treatment practices in southern India

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Assessing the impact of drinking water and sanitation on diarrhoeal disease in low- and middle-income settings: systematic review and meta-regression

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Assessing the impact of sanitation on indicators of fecal exposure along principal transmission pathways: A systematic review

scientific article published on October 2016

Assessing the impact of water filters and improved cook stoves on drinking water quality and household air pollution: a randomised controlled trial in Rwanda

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Assessing water filtration and safe storage in households with young children of HIV-positive mothers: a randomized, controlled trial in Zambia.

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Association of community sanitation usage with soil-transmitted helminth infections among school-aged children in Amhara Region, Ethiopia

scientific article published on 17 February 2017

Biomarkers of Environmental Enteric Dysfuction and Associations with Child Linear Growth in Rural Odisha, India (OR10-06-19)

Burden of disease from inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene for selected adverse health outcomes: An updated analysis with a focus on low- and middle-income countries

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Burden of disease from inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene in low- and middle-income settings: a retrospective analysis of data from 145 countries

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Child Defecation and Feces Disposal Practices and Determinants among Households after a Combined Household-Level Piped Water and Sanitation Intervention in Rural Odisha, India

scholarly article published by Thomas Clasen in 2019

Child Salivary SIgA and Its Relationship to Enteric Infections and EED Biomarkers in Maputo, Mozambique

scientific article published on 27 April 2020

Child Survival and Early Lifetime Exposures to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter in India: A Retrospective Cohort Study

scientific article published in January 2022

Child diarrhoea and nutritional status in rural Rwanda: a cross-sectional study to explore contributing environmental and demographic factors.

scientific article published on 20 May 2016

Child feces disposal practices in rural Orissa: a cross sectional study

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Child feces management practices and fecal contamination: A cross-sectional study in rural Odisha, India

scientific article published on 18 December 2019

Cluster-randomised controlled trials of individual and combined water, sanitation, hygiene and nutritional interventions in rural Bangladesh and Kenya: the WASH Benefits study design and rationale

scientific article published on 30 August 2013

Collective Efficacy: Development and Validation of a Measurement Scale for Use in Public Health and Development Programmes

scientific article published on 28 September 2018

Comment on "Household water treatment in poor populations: is there enough evidence for scaling up now?".

scientific article published in July 2009

Comparing trap designs and methods for assessing density of synanthropic flies in Odisha, India

Comparison of Kato-Katz, ethyl-acetate sedimentation, and Midi Parasep® in the diagnosis of hookworm, Ascaris and Trichuris infections in the context of an evaluation of rural sanitation in India

scientific article published on March 4, 2013

Comparison of Urinary Sodium and Blood Pressure Relationship From the Spot Versus 24-Hour Urine Samples

scientific article published on 16 October 2019

Comparison of respondent-reported and sensor-recorded latrine utilization measures in rural Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 3 November 2017

Consequences of access to water from managed aquifer recharge systems for blood pressure and proteinuria in south-west coastal Bangladesh: a stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial

scientific article published on 12 July 2020

Consistency of Use and Effectiveness of Household Water Treatment Practices Among Urban and Rural Populations Claiming to Treat Their Drinking Water at Home: A Case Study in Zambia.

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Consistency of Use and Effectiveness of Household Water Treatment among Indian Households Claiming to Treat Their Water

scientific article published on July 2017

Cost of Community Integrated Prevention Campaign for Malaria, HIV, and Diarrhea in Rural Kenya

scientific article published on December 21, 2011

Cost-effectiveness of water quality interventions for preventing diarrhoeal disease in developing countries

scientific article published on December 2007

Cross-validation of biomonitoring methods for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites in human urine: Results from the formative phase of the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial in India

scientific article published on 29 July 2020

Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Humans, Domestic Animals, and Village Water Sources in Rural India

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Design and conduct of facility-based surveillance for severe childhood pneumonia in the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Design and rationale of a matched cohort study to assess the effectiveness of a combined household-level piped water and sanitation intervention in rural Odisha, India

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Designing and piloting a program to provide water filters and improved cookstoves in Rwanda

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Determinants of disposal of child faeces in latrines in urban slums of Odisha, India: a cross-sectional study

scholarly article published by Belen Torondel in 2019

Development of A Multidimensional Scale to Assess Attitudinal Determinants of Sanitation Uptake and Use.

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Do sanitation improvements reduce fecal contamination of water, hands, food, soil and flies? Evidence from a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh

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Drinking Water Salinity, Urinary Macro-Mineral Excretions, and Blood Pressure in the Southwest Coastal Population of Bangladesh

Drinking water quality, feeding practices, and diarrhea among children under 2 years of HIV-positive mothers in peri-urban Zambia

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Effect of community health clubs on child diarrhoea in western Rwanda: cluster-randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on July 2017

Effect of household-based drinking water chlorination on diarrhoea among children under five in Orissa, India: a double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial

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Effective use of household water treatment and safe storage in response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake

scientific article published on 08 July 2013

Effectiveness of a rural sanitation programme on diarrhoea, soil-transmitted helminth infection, and child malnutrition in Odisha, India: a cluster-randomised trial

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Effects of a large-scale distribution of water filters and natural draft rocket-style cookstoves on diarrhea and acute respiratory infection: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in Western Province, Rwanda

scientific article published on 03 June 2019

Effects of single and combined water, sanitation and handwashing interventions on fecal contamination in the domestic environment: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh

scientific article published on 11 October 2018

Effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on diarrhoea and child growth in rural Bangladesh: a cluster randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on 29 January 2018

Effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on diarrhoea and child growth in rural Kenya: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 29 January 2018

Estimating the impact of unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene on the global burden of disease: evolving and alternative methods

scientific article published on 9 June 2014

Estimating the longitudinal prevalence of diarrhea and other episodic diseases: continuous versus intermittent surveillance.

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Estimating the scope of household water treatment in low- and medium-income countries

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Exposure contrasts associated with a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) intervention at potential field sites for the multi-country household air pollution intervention network (HAPIN) trial in India: results from pilot phase activities in rural Tamil Na

scientific article published on 26 November 2020

Facing the Realities of Pragmatic Design Choices in Environmental Health Studies: Experiences from the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network Trial

Facing the Realities of Pragmatic Design Choices in Environmental Health Studies: Experiences from the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network Trial

scientific article published on 23 March 2022

Faecal contamination of the environment and child health: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Fetal and Early-Life Stove and Fuel Interventions and Respiratory Oscillometry Lung Function Measures in Preschool-Aged Children from Ghana

scientific article published on 15 March 2024

Field Assessment of a Novel Household-Based Water Filtration Device: A Randomised, Placebo-Controlled Trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo

scientific article (publication date: 10 September 2010)

First Do No Harm: The Need to Explore Potential Adverse Health Implications of Drinking Rainwater.

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Follow-up study to assess the use and performance of household filters in Zambia.

scientific article published on 07 October 2013

Groundwater Chemistry and Blood Pressure: A Cross-Sectional Study in Bangladesh

scientific article published on 28 June 2019

High Adherence Is Necessary to Realize Health Gains from Water Quality Interventions

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Household Air Pollution Interventions to Improve Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement

scientific article published on 15 April 2024

Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage to Prevent Diarrheal Disease in Developing Countries

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Household water management: refining the dominant paradigm

scientific article published in February 2004

Household water quantity and health: a systematic review

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Household water treatment using sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) tablets: a randomized, controlled trial to assess microbiological effectiveness in Bangladesh

scientific article published on January 2007

Household-based ceramic water filters for the prevention of diarrhea: a randomized, controlled trial of a pilot program in Colombia

scientific article published on October 2005

Human and Animal Fecal Contamination of Community Water Sources, Stored Drinking Water and Hands in Rural India Measured with Validated Microbial Source Tracking Assays

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Human fecal and pathogen exposure pathways in rural Indian villages and the effect of increased latrine coverage

scientific article published on 04 May 2016

Identifying Potential Sources of Exposure Along the Child Feces Management Pathway: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Urban Slums in Odisha, India

scientific article published on 24 July 2017

Impact of Indian Total Sanitation Campaign on latrine coverage and use: a cross-sectional study in Orissa three years following programme implementation

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Impact of a school-based water, sanitation, and hygiene intervention on school absence, diarrhea, respiratory infection, and soil-transmitted helminths: results from the WASH HELPS cluster-randomized trial

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Impact of drinking water, sanitation and handwashing with soap on childhood diarrhoeal disease: updated meta-analysis and meta-regression

article by Jennyfer Wolf et al published May 2018 in Tropical Medicine and International Health

In Response

Incentivizing Impact – Privately Financed Public Health in Rwanda

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Integrated HIV Testing, Malaria, and Diarrhea Prevention Campaign in Kenya: Modeled Health Impact and Cost-Effectiveness

scientific article published on February 8, 2012

Interventions to improve disposal of child faeces for preventing diarrhoea and soil-transmitted helminth infection

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Interventions to improve disposal of child faeces for preventing diarrhoea and soil-transmitted helminth infection

scientific article published on 24 September 2019

Interventions to improve disposal of human excreta for preventing diarrhoea

scientific article published on 16 June 2010

Interventions to improve excreta disposal for preventing diarrhoea

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Interventions to improve sanitation for preventing diarrhoea

scientific article published on 2 May 2019

Interventions to improve water quality for preventing diarrhoea

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Interventions to improve water quality for preventing diarrhoea

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Interventions to improve water quality for preventing diarrhoea: systematic review and meta-analysis

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Laboratory assessment of a gravity-fed ultrafiltration water treatment device designed for household use in low-income settings.

scientific article published on May 2009

Laboratory development and field testing of sentinel toys to assess environmental faecal exposure of young children in rural India

scientific article published on 16 March 2015

Letter to the Editor Regarding, "The Unintended Consequences of the Reverse Osmosis Revolution"

scientific article published on 13 June 2019

Linking Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment and Epidemiological Data: Informing Safe Drinking Water Trials in Developing Countries

scientific article published on April 23, 2012

Making Sanitation Count: Developing and Testing a Device for Assessing Latrine Use in Low-Income Settings

scientific article published on February 28, 2012

Measuring environmental exposure to enteric pathogens in low-income settings: review and recommendations of an interdisciplinary working group

scientific article published on 19 August 2020

Microbiological Effectiveness of Household Water Treatment Technologies under Field Use Conditions in Rural Tanzania

scientific article published on 27 October 2015

Microbiological effectiveness and cost of boiling to disinfect drinking water in rural Vietnam

scientific article published on June 2008

Microbiological effectiveness and cost of disinfecting water by boiling in semi-urban India.

scientific article published on September 2008

Microbiological effectiveness of disinfecting water by boiling in rural Guatemala

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Microbiological performance of a water treatment unit designed for household use in developing countries

scientific article published on September 2006

Microbiological performance of common water treatment devices for household use in India

scientific article published on April 2007

Modeling Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Ground and Surface Water Sources in Rural India: Associations with Latrines, Livestock, Damaged Wells, and Rainfall Patterns

scientific article published on 16 June 2016

Modeling the Impact of an Indoor Air Filter on Air Pollution Exposure Reduction and Associated Mortality in Urban Delhi Household

scientific article published on 17 April 2019

Modeling the potential health benefits of lower household air pollution after a hypothetical liquified petroleum gas (LPG) cookstove intervention.

scientific article published on 25 November 2017

Neighbour-shared versus communal latrines in urban slums: a cross-sectional study in Orissa, India exploring household demographics, accessibility, privacy, use and cleanliness

scientific article published on November 2015

Past Sodium Intake, Contemporary Sodium Intake, and Cardiometabolic Health in Southwest Coastal Bangladesh

scientific article published on 02 September 2020

Planning for climate change: The need for mechanistic systems-based approaches to study climate change impacts on diarrheal diseases

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Point-of-use chlorination of turbid water: results from a field study in Tanzania

scientific article published on June 2015

Prediction of Low Community Sanitation Coverage Using Environmental and Sociodemographic Factors in Amhara Region, Ethiopia.

scientific article published on 18 July 2016

Preventing cryptosporidiosis: the need for safe drinking water

scientific article published in April 2013

Preventing diarrhoea with household ceramic water filters: assessment of a pilot project in Bolivia

scientific article published on June 2006

Process evaluation and assessment of use of a large scale water filter and cookstove program in Rwanda

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Processes and challenges of community mobilisation for latrine promotion under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan in rural Odisha, India

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Promoting Household Water Treatment through Women's Self Help Groups in Rural India: Assessing Impact on Drinking Water Quality and Equity

scientific article published on September 5, 2012

Promoting latrine construction and use in rural villages practicing open defecation: process evaluation in connection with a randomised controlled trial in Orissa, India

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Quantifying Averted Disability-Adjusted Life Years as a Performance Indicator for Water Quality Interventions: A Review of Current Methodologies and Challenges

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Quantifying Health Improvements from Water Quantity Enhancement: An Engineering Perspective Applied to Rainwater Harvesting in West Africa

scientific article published on November 16, 2010

Randomized controlled trial in rural Ethiopia to assess a portable water treatment device

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Recent diarrhoeal illness and risk of lower respiratory infections in children under the age of 5 years

scientific article published on 11 March 2009

Reducing diarrhea through the use of household-based ceramic water filters: a randomized, controlled trial in rural Bolivia.

scientific article published on June 2004

Resources and Geographic Access to Care for Severe Pediatric Pneumonia in Four Resource-limited Settings

scientific article published on 01 January 2022

Sampling strategies to measure the prevalence of common recurrent infections in longitudinal studies

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Sand Barriers around Latrine Pits Reduce Fecal Bacterial Leaching into Shallow Groundwater: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Coastal Bangladesh

scientific article published on 04 February 2019

Sanitation and Collective Efficacy in Rural Cambodia: The Value Added of Qualitative Formative Work for the Contextualization of Measurement Tools

scientific article published on 18 December 2019

Shared Sanitation Versus Individual Household Latrines in Urban Slums: A Cross-Sectional Study in Orissa, India.

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Shared sanitation and the prevalence of diarrhea in young children: evidence from 51 countries, 2001-2011.

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Shared sanitation versus individual household latrines: a systematic review of health outcomes

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Socio-cultural and behavioural factors constraining latrine adoption in rural coastal Odisha: an exploratory qualitative study

scientific article published on 10 September 2015

Sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) tablets as an alternative to sodium hypochlorite for the routine treatment of drinking water at the household level

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Stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial to assess the cardiovascular health effects of a managed aquifer recharge initiative to reduce drinking water salinity in southwest coastal Bangladesh: study design and rationale

scientific article published on September 2017

Study design of a cluster-randomized controlled trial to evaluate a large-scale distribution of cook stoves and water filters in Western Province, Rwanda.

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Study design, rationale and methods of the Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE) study: a cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate environmental and human health impacts of a water-sensitive intervention in informal

scientific article published on 08 January 2021

Systems Science Approaches for Global Environmental Health Research: Enhancing Intervention Design and Implementation for Household Air Pollution (HAP) and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Programs

scientific article published on 09 October 2020

The association between women's sanitation experiences and mental health: A cross-sectional study in Rural, Odisha India

article by Bethany A Caruso et al published August 2018 in SSM - population health

The effect of improved rural sanitation on diarrhoea and helminth infection: design of a cluster-randomized trial in Orissa, India

scientific article published on 13 November 2012

The geographic and demographic scope of shared sanitation: an analysis of national survey data from low- and middle-income countries

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The impact of a rural sanitation programme on safe disposal of child faeces: a cluster randomised trial in Odisha, India

scientific article published on July 2016

The impact of a school-based hygiene, water quality and sanitation intervention on soil-transmitted helminth reinfection: a cluster-randomized trial

scientific article published on 09 September 2013

The impact of sanitation interventions on latrine coverage and latrine use: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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The impact of sanitation on infectious disease and nutritional status: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 31 May 2017

The implications of three major new trials for the effect of water, sanitation and hygiene on childhood diarrhea and stunting: a consensus statement

scientific article published on 28 August 2019

The role of water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in reducing soil-transmitted helminths: interpreting the evidence and identifying next steps

scientific article published on 28 May 2019

Understanding and defining sanitation insecurity: women's gendered experiences of urination, defecation and menstruation in rural Odisha, India

scientific article published on 9 October 2017

Use of remotely reporting electronic sensors for assessing use of water filters and cookstoves in Rwanda

scientific article published on 19 November 2013

Use, microbiological effectiveness and health impact of a household water filter intervention in rural Rwanda-A matched cohort study

scientific article published on June 2017

User preferences and willingness to pay for safe drinking water: Experimental evidence from rural Tanzania

scientific article published on 25 November 2016

Using structural equation modelling to untangle sanitation, water and hygiene pathways for intervention improvements in height-for-age in children <5 years old

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

WASH Benefits Bangladesh trial: system for monitoring coverage and quality in an efficacy trial.

scientific article published on 6 July 2018

Water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions to improve health among people living with HIV/AIDS: a systematic review

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Women's role in sanitation decision making in rural coastal Odisha, India

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