The influx of 86,000 Bhutanese refugees into eastern Nepal during 1992 and 1993 created many problems especially in crowded camps where uncontrolled... Read more...
Between January 1987 and March 1988 a case-control study of the impact of improved water sources on childhood diarrhoea was conducted in Kurunegala... Read more...
Between January 1987 and March 1988 a health impact evaluation (HIE) of the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (RWSSP) was conducted in... Read more...
A "non-blind" randomized hand washing intervention study was conducted in a low socioeconomic community in Rangoon to determine if hand... Read more...
This paper reviews the application of epidemiological understanding of diarrhoeal disease to interventions in water and sanitation. Read more...
Sixty-five mothers from Balai Lua, Central Lombok, Indonesia were given soap and an explanation of the faecal oral route of diarrhoea transmission. Read more...
Fifty-seven mothers in Indonesia were involved in a face-to-face health education which encouraged hand-washing with soap. The intervention spanned 4... Read more...
This article examines the perceptions of cleanliness and the role of soap and hand washing in two poor Bangladeshi communities, one rural and one... Read more...
This study used a longitudinal survey of more than 3000 mother- infant pairs observed from pregnancy through infancy. The sample is representative of... Read more...