Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) are crucial but often underplayed parts of the prevention and control of a number of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Access to safe water and adequate sanitation, together with good hygiene practices, can reduce the transmission of some NTDs, for example trachoma and intestinal worms (page 29). Trachoma is transmitted by flies, fomites (e.g. skin, hair, clothing, or bedding) and direct contact. Preventing transmission of trachoma can be achieved through access to clean water, appropriate hygiene practices that promote face washing, and access t
Trachoma is the leading cause of infectious blindness worldwide. The SAFE strategy, the World Health...
Abstract Background Face washing is important to interrupt the transmission of trachoma, the leading...
An epidemiological survey carried out in the Dodoma region of Tanzania found that high rates of trac...
At present, 884 million people do not have access to improved water sources and 2.6 billion people l...
Lack of access to water and personal hygiene are likely to be primary contributors to trachoma “ende...
Partnering with the WASH sector is essential if face washing and environmental improvement component...
Improvements of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure and appropriate health-seeking ...
<div><p>Background</p><p>Trachoma is the world's leading cause of infectious blindness. The World He...
A WHO roadmap to control, eliminate and eradicate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) proposes a publ...
This study aims to determine the association between water, sanitation, and hygiene, and the prevale...
The World Health Organization's (WHO) 2015-2020 Global Strategy on water, sanitation, and hygiene (W...
Improvements of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure and appropriate health-seeking ...
Schistosomes (primarily Schistosoma mansoni, S. haematobium, and S. japonicum) and soil-transmitted ...
Development practitioners and scholars have often overlooked the importance of neglected tropical di...
BackgroundWHO promotes the SAFE strategy for the elimination of trachoma as a public health programm...
Trachoma is the leading cause of infectious blindness worldwide. The SAFE strategy, the World Health...
Abstract Background Face washing is important to interrupt the transmission of trachoma, the leading...
An epidemiological survey carried out in the Dodoma region of Tanzania found that high rates of trac...
At present, 884 million people do not have access to improved water sources and 2.6 billion people l...
Lack of access to water and personal hygiene are likely to be primary contributors to trachoma “ende...
Partnering with the WASH sector is essential if face washing and environmental improvement component...
Improvements of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure and appropriate health-seeking ...
<div><p>Background</p><p>Trachoma is the world's leading cause of infectious blindness. The World He...
A WHO roadmap to control, eliminate and eradicate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) proposes a publ...
This study aims to determine the association between water, sanitation, and hygiene, and the prevale...
The World Health Organization's (WHO) 2015-2020 Global Strategy on water, sanitation, and hygiene (W...
Improvements of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure and appropriate health-seeking ...
Schistosomes (primarily Schistosoma mansoni, S. haematobium, and S. japonicum) and soil-transmitted ...
Development practitioners and scholars have often overlooked the importance of neglected tropical di...
BackgroundWHO promotes the SAFE strategy for the elimination of trachoma as a public health programm...
Trachoma is the leading cause of infectious blindness worldwide. The SAFE strategy, the World Health...
Abstract Background Face washing is important to interrupt the transmission of trachoma, the leading...
An epidemiological survey carried out in the Dodoma region of Tanzania found that high rates of trac...