Chambers, R., von Medeazza, G. (2014) Reframing undernutrition: faecally-transmitted Infections and the 5 As
The dominant nutrition discourse concerns access to adequate food and its quality. It now includes food security, food rights and justice, governance and agriculture. Despite many initiatives to assure food access, and growing economies, high levels of undernutrition persist in much of Asia. It is increasingly suggested that much of this ‘Asian enigma’ can now be explained by open defecation (OD) combined with population density. […]
Online since: 15.12.2015
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Alzua, M. L. et al. (2015) Impact evaluation of community-led total sanitation (CLTS) in rural Mali - Final report
This report covers the main findings of the impact evaluation conducted of a communityled total sanitation (CLTS) campaign implemented by the government of Mali (Direction Nationale de l’Assainissement) with the support of UNICEF. We conducted a clusterrandomized controlled trial among 121 villages randomly selected from the district of Koulikoro in order to evaluate health and non-health program impacts. Baseline data was collected during April-June 2011, […]
Online since: 16.08.2015
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Schmidt, C. W. (2014) Beyond Malnutrition The Role of Sanitation in Stunted Growth
Researchers are exploring the possibility that poor hygiene and a lack of sanitation induce a gut disorder called environmental enteropathy (EE) that diverts energy from growth toward an ongoing fight against subclinical infection. Nutritionists are now collaborating with experts in a field known as water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), and their combined efforts are helping to galvanize regional programs to improve hygiene in countries afflicted […]
Online since: 23.01.2015
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Ngure, F. M. et al. (2014) Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), environmental enteropathy, nutrition, and early child development: making the links
Online since: 19.12.2014
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