Human Intestinal Parasite Burden and Poor Sanitation in Rural Alabama

Rural Sanitation in Egypt

Regional disparities in the burden of disease attributable to unsafe water and poor sanitation in China.

OBJECTIVE To estimate the disease burden attributable to unsafe water and poor sanitation and hygiene in China, to identify high-burden groups and to inform improvement measures. METHODS The disease burden attributable to unsafe water and poor sanitation and hygiene in China was estimated for diseases resulting from exposure to biologically contaminated soil and water (diarrhoeal disease, hel...

Pro-poor sanitation technologies

It is estimated that at least two billion people have inadequate sanitation. The current situation in water and sanitation services for millions of peri-urban residents is starkly antipoor and represents a major challenge for the 21 century. By virtue of its cost and water requirements, we would argue that conventional sewerage is an implicitly anti-poor technology. This paper summarises low-co...

Estimating inequities in sanitation-related disease burden and estimating the potential impacts of pro- poor targeting

Effects of Rural Sanitation on Infant Mortality and Human Capital: Evidence from India’s Total Sanitation Campaign

Open defecation without a toilet or latrine is among the leading global threats to health, especially in India. Although it is well-known that modern sewage infrastructure improves health, it is unknown whether a sanitation program feasible for a low capacity, poor country government could be effective. This paper contributes the first causally identified estimates of effects of rural sanitatio...