Landscape analysis of the Kenyan policy on the treatment and prevention of diarrheal disease among under-5 children

Autor: Blessing Mberu, Kelly K Baker, Sheillah Simiyu, Daniel Sewell, Fanta D Gutema, Innocent K Tumwebaze, Phylis J Busienei

Publikováno v: BMJ Open, Vol 14, Iss 8 (2024)

Objective Diarrhoea remains a leading cause of morbidity and death among under-5 children in Kenya, despite multipronged policy and programme initiatives to increase access to treatment. This study interrogates the comprehensiveness and adequacy of K

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Tools for a comprehensive assessment of public health risks associated with limited sanitation services provision

Autor: Daniel A. Okaali, Najib L. Bateganya, Barbara Evans, Job Gava Ssazi, Christine L. Moe, Richard K. Mugambe, Heather Murphy, Irene Nansubuga, Allan G. Nkurunziza, Joan B. Rose, Innocent K. Tumwebaze, Matthew E. Verbyla, Celia Way, Habib Yakubu, Nynke Hofstra

Publikováno v: Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 49(8), 2091-2111
Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 49 (2022) 8

Three water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) support tools were applied to Kampala city, Uganda, to evaluate areas with the highest health hazard due to poor wastewater and faecal sludge management and to develop interventions to improve sanitation and

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https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083221120824

Where Shared Sanitation is the Only Immediate Option: A Research Agenda for Shared Sanitation in Densely Populated Low-Income Urban Settings

Autor: Sheillah Simiyu, Guy Norman, Ian L. Ross, Mahbubul Alam, Innocent K. Tumwebaze, Oliver Cumming, Jenala Chipungu, James B. Tidwell, Prince Antwi-Agyei

Publikováno v: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Shared sanitation is not currently accepted within the international normative definitions of “basic” or “safely managed” sanitation. We argue that pro-poor government strategies and investment plans must include high-quality shared sanitatio

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https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0985

Bridging Science and Practice-Importance of Stakeholders in the Development of Decision Support: Lessons Learned

Autor: Joan B. Rose, Nynke Hofstra, Heather M. Murphy, Matthew E. Verbyla, Innocent K. Tumwebaze, Daniel A. Okaali, Panagis Katsivelis

Publikováno v: Sustainability, 13(10)
Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 5744, p 5744 (2021)
Sustainability 13 (2020) 10

User-friendly, evidence-based scientific tools to support sanitation decisions are still limited in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector. This commentary provides lessons learned from the development of two sanitation decision support tool

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https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/bridging-science-and-practice-importance-of-stakeholders-in-the-d

Why pathogens matter for meeting the united nations’ sustainable development goal 6 on safely managed water and sanitation

Autor: Shane R. McLoughlin, Joan B. Rose, Nynke Hofstra, Heather M. Murphy, Innocent K. Tumwebaze, Matthew E. Verbyla, Megan E. McCarthy, Alexis L. Mraz

Publikováno v: Water Research
Water Research 189 (2021)
Water Research, 189

Highlights • Indicator organisms do not tell the whole story for the safety of water and sanitation systems. • Considering only fecal indicator groups may provide a falsely reduced sense of risk. • Consideration of pathogens matters for meeting

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.116591