Sanitation in Rural Communities

Rural Sanitation in Egypt

Ivermectin Treatment and Sanitation Effectively Reduce Strongyloides stercoralis Infection Risk in Rural Communities in Cambodia

BACKGROUND Strongyloides stercoralis is the only soil-transmitted helminth with the ability to replicate within its host, leading to long-lasting and potentially fatal infections. It is ubiquitous and its worldwide prevalence has recently been estimated to be at least half that of hookworm. Information on the epidemiology of S. stercoralis remains scarce and modalities for its large-scale contr...

Community-Led Total Sanitation in Rural Areas

The Water and Sanitation Program is an international partnership for improving water and sanitation sector policies, practices, and capacities to serve poor people Sanitation programs have, for some time now, incorporated the need to raise awareness and emphasize the benefits of toilet usage. This has been most effectively undertaken by empowered communities motivated to take collective action,...

Community-Led Total Sanitation in Rural Areas

Scaling up Rural Sanitation in India

Clarissa Brocklehurst discusses the study by Patil and colleagues on a sanitation program in India and highlights the challenges ahead to improve the situation for millions of people who still have no option but to practice open defecation. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.