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Cairncross, S. et al., 2013. Water, sanitation and hygiene : evidence paper, London, UK: Department for International Development, DFID.

Published on: 06/05/2013

The following section provides an executive summary of this paper, highlighting the key findings in relation to the priority areas identified by...

Biran, A. et al., 2012. Hygiene and sanitation practices amongst residents of three long-term refugee camps in Thailand, Ethiopia and Kenya. , pp.p. 1133 - 1141.

Published on: 29/04/2013

Data were collected by structured observation of handwashing (126 households), a questionnaire on sanitation, hygiene and household characteristics...

Biran, A. et al., 2012. Background paper on measuring WASH and food hygiene practices : definition of goals to be tackled post 2015 by the Joint Monitoring Programme, London, UK: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Dept. of Public Health and Polic. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Biran-2012-Background.doc.

Published on: 26/06/2012

In 2013 the United Nations General Assembly will be asked to decide what development goals the international community should seek beyond 2015....

Schmidt, W.-P., Norman, G. & Poor, W.S.U.P.Water and, 2011. Evaluating the health impact of urban WASH programmes : an affordable approach for enhancing effectiveness : a discussion paper, S.l.: Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity, SHARE. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Schmidt-2011-Evaluating.pdf.

Published on: 16/01/2012

This paper argues for more widespread evaluation of the health impacts of WASH interventions: not with the aim of demonstrating that WASH can...

Schmidt, W.-P. & Cairncross, S., 2009. Household water treatment in poor populations : is there enough evidence for scaling up now?. , pp.p. 986–992 : 3 fig., 1 tab. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Schmidt-2009-Household.pdf.

Published on: 18/06/2009

Njuguna, V. et al.,0 The sustainability and impact of school sanitation, water and hygiene education in Kenya, S.l.: S.n. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Njuguna-2008-Sustainability.doc.

Published on: 17/02/2011

This study investigated impact and sustainability of school interventions for water, sanitation and hygiene education (WASH). It was carried...

Mathew, K. et al.,0 The sustainability and impact of school sanitation, water and hygiene education in Kerala, Southern India, S.l.: S.n. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/Mathew-2008-Sustainability.doc.

Published on: 17/02/2011

This study investigated sustainability and impact of school interventions for water, sanitation and hygiene education, four years after the end of...

Clasen, T. et al., 2014. Effectiveness of a rural sanitation programme on diarrhoea, soil-transmitted helminth infection, and child malnutrition in Odisha, India : a cluster-randomised trial. The Lancet Global Health, 2(11), pp.p. e645-e653.; 4 tab.; 2 fig.;. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/piis2214109x14703079.pdf.

Published on: 24/10/2014

Increasing latrine coverage does not by itself reduce exposure to faecal pathogens and prevent disease.

Cairncross, S. et al., 2013. Water, sanitation and hygiene: evidence paper may 2013, London: Department for International Development . Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/evidence-2013-department.pdf.

Published on: 17/03/2014

The paper sets out the methods for this review and the approach for assessing the strength of evidence. The different bodies of evidence...

Schmidt, W.-P., 2014. The elusive effect of water and sanitation on the global burden of disease. Tropical medicine & international health, vol. 19(no. 5), pp.p. 522–527. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/elusive-2014-schmidt.pdf.

Published on: 01/02/2014

While the ancient Romans may already have been aware of it, water and sanitation came to be regarded as key to improve health...

Schmidt, W.-P., 2014. L’effet de l’eau et de l’assainissement sur la charge mondiale de morbidité : un facteur difficile à quantifier. , p.8. Available at: https://www.ircwash.org/sites/default/files/schmidt-2014-etude.pdf.

Published on: 22/04/2014

S'il est probable que les Romains le savaient déjà (Bradley 2012), l'importance de l'eau et de l'assainissement pour la santé dans les grandes...