Activity of disinfectants related to food hygiene and sanitation

Sanitation and hygiene approaches

Field Hygiene and Sanitation

Improved Sanitation, Hygiene, and Poverty

The second section looks at the relationship between improved sanitation coverage and poverty by fi rst comparing poverty indicators and coverage rates for Uganda’s subcounties. It then identifi es the rural subcounties that did not achieve the country’s target for improved sanitation in Uganda’s fi rst Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP I).4 These subcounties will require special attention to ...

A Study of Risk Factors related to Water and Sanitation in Pune, west India

Introduction: Piped water systems are considered to be the gold standard for drinking water according to the Joint Water Monitoring Study. However, poor maintenance of distribution pipes, intermittency of water supply, and sewage water intrusion have contributed to a number of water-borne disease episodes in developed and developing countries. Methods: This study investigated the risk burden r...

Why water, sanitation and hygiene matter

Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) are crucial but often underplayed parts of the prevention and control of a number of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Access to safe water and adequate sanitation, together with good hygiene practices, can reduce the transmission of some NTDs, for example trachoma and intestinal worms (page 29). Trachoma is transmitted by flies, fomites (e.g. skin, hair, ...