The Effect of Hygiene-Based Lymphedema Management in Lymphatic Filariasis-Endemic Areas: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Autor: Meredith E Stocks, Matthew C Freeman, David G Addiss

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 9, Iss 10, p e0004171 (2015)

BACKGROUND:Lymphedema of the leg and its advanced form, known as elephantiasis, are significant causes of disability and morbidity in areas endemic for lymphatic filariasis (LF), with an estimated 14 million persons affected worldwide. The twin goals

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Effect of water, sanitation, and hygiene on the prevention of trachoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Autor: Meredith E Stocks, Stephanie Ogden, Danny Haddad, David G Addiss, Courtney McGuire, Matthew C Freeman

Publikováno v: PLoS Medicine, Vol 11, Iss 2, p e1001605 (2014)

BackgroundTrachoma is the world's leading cause of infectious blindness. The World Health Organization (WHO) has endorsed the SAFE strategy in order to eliminate blindness due to trachoma by 2020 through "surgery," "antibiotics," "facial cleanliness,

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Burden of disease from inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene in low‐ and middle‐income settings: a retrospective analysis of data from 145 countries

Autor: Maria Neira, Matthew C. Freeman, Alan D. Dangour, Daniel Mäusezahl, Bruce Gordon, Annette Prüss-Ustün, Oliver Cumming, Sophie Bonjour, Lorna Fewtrell, Paul R. Hunter, Jamie Bartram, John M. Colford, Jennyfer Wolf, Meredith E. Stocks, Kate Medlicott, Valerie Curtis, Colin Mathers, Sandy Cairncross, Thomas Clasen, Richard B. Johnston

Publikováno v: Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH, vol 19, iss 8
Tropical Medicine & International Health
Prüss-Ustün, A; Bartram, J; Clasen, T; Colford, JM; Cumming, O; Curtis, V; et al.(2014). Burden of disease from inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene in low-and middle-income settings: A retrospective analysis of data from 145 countries. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 19(8), 894-905. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12329. UC Berkeley: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/98r189p0

Objective: To estimate the burden of diarrhoeal diseases from exposure to inadequate water, sanitation and hand hygiene in low- and middle-income settings and provide an overview of the impact on other diseases. Methods: For estimating the impact of

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https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.12329

Hygiene and health: systematic review of handwashing practices worldwide and update of health effects

Autor: Matthew C, Freeman, Meredith E, Stocks, Oliver, Cumming, Aurelie, Jeandron, Julian P T, Higgins, Jennyfer, Wolf, Annette, Prüss-Ustün, Sophie, Bonjour, Paul R, Hunter, Lorna, Fewtrell, Valerie, Curtis

Publikováno v: Tropical medicineinternational health : TMIH. 19(8)

To estimate the global prevalence of handwashing with soap and derive a pooled estimate of the effect of hygiene on diarrhoeal diseases, based on a systematic search of the literature.Studies with data on observed rates of handwashing with soap publi

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Effect of water, sanitation, and hygiene on the prevention of trachoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Autor: Danny Haddad, Stephanie Ogden, David G. Addiss, Courtney McGuire, Matthew C. Freeman, Meredith E. Stocks

Publikováno v: PLoS Medicine, Vol 11, Iss 2, p e1001605 (2014)
PLoS Medicine

Matthew Freeman and colleagues identified 86 individual studies that reported a measure of the effect of water, sanitation, and hygiene on trachoma and conducted 15 meta-analyses for specific exposure-outcome pairs. Please see later in the article fo

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