The lack of potable water, poor hygiene practices and inefficient sanitation systems in developing countries pose a risk to human health. Pit latrines aim to break the link between human faecal waste and human contact by serving as improved sanitation. The eThekwini Municipality has developed a programme that employs workers to empty pits every 3 to 5 years. This study aimed to find a cost-effective, easy way of disinfecting household surfaces and inactivating Ascaris eggs using household disinfectants, so that transmission of helminths is minimised when pits are emptied. Disinfectants tested in this study were based on sodium hypochlorite or carbolic acid. Experiments simulated inactivation of Ascaris eggs by wiping contaminated surfaces w...
Abstract Background For centuries farmers in Vietnam have fertilized their fields with human excreta...
Soil-transmitted helminth eggs present to be non-excludable parameter for water quality and sanitati...
This study investigates helminth eggs removal and inactivation efficiency in a treatment process com...
Improved sanitation has been hypothesized to reduce soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections by re...
Hymenolepis nana is responsible for many parasitic infections in tropical areas, with its persistenc...
Organic matter is an essential factor in controlling soil structure. To avoid the infection of soil ...
The United Nations Millennium Development Goals have prioritized improving access to sanitation, but...
Improved sanitation has been associated with a reduced prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth (STH)...
Simple pit latrines often represent the cheapest form of sanitation for poor communities. However, s...
Improved sanitation has been associated with a reduced prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth (STH)...
Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) pose a significant public health problem, infecting approximately ...
Faecal Sludge (FS) contains high concentrations of pathogenic microorganisms that are 10–100 times h...
The importance of hands in the transmission of soil transmitted helminths, especially Ascaris and Tr...
Globally, about 1.5 billion people are infected with at least one species of soil-transmitted helmin...
Faecal Sludge (FS) contains high concentrations of pathogenic microorganisms that are 10-100 times h...
Abstract Background For centuries farmers in Vietnam have fertilized their fields with human excreta...
Soil-transmitted helminth eggs present to be non-excludable parameter for water quality and sanitati...
This study investigates helminth eggs removal and inactivation efficiency in a treatment process com...
Improved sanitation has been hypothesized to reduce soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections by re...
Hymenolepis nana is responsible for many parasitic infections in tropical areas, with its persistenc...
Organic matter is an essential factor in controlling soil structure. To avoid the infection of soil ...
The United Nations Millennium Development Goals have prioritized improving access to sanitation, but...
Improved sanitation has been associated with a reduced prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth (STH)...
Simple pit latrines often represent the cheapest form of sanitation for poor communities. However, s...
Improved sanitation has been associated with a reduced prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth (STH)...
Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) pose a significant public health problem, infecting approximately ...
Faecal Sludge (FS) contains high concentrations of pathogenic microorganisms that are 10–100 times h...
The importance of hands in the transmission of soil transmitted helminths, especially Ascaris and Tr...
Globally, about 1.5 billion people are infected with at least one species of soil-transmitted helmin...
Faecal Sludge (FS) contains high concentrations of pathogenic microorganisms that are 10-100 times h...
Abstract Background For centuries farmers in Vietnam have fertilized their fields with human excreta...
Soil-transmitted helminth eggs present to be non-excludable parameter for water quality and sanitati...
This study investigates helminth eggs removal and inactivation efficiency in a treatment process com...