Browsing by Subject "sanitation"
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Air Pollution, Water, and Sanitation: Household Response to Environmental Risk
(2020)Despite the threats to morbidity, mortality, and human capital accumulation posed by environmental risks, investments in environmental health technologies remain low. This is especially evident in low- and middle-income ... -
Assessing the Sustainability of Rural Water Supply Programs: A Case Study of Pawaga, Tanzania
(2011-04-28)Today, over 1 billion people lack access to a clean, safe, and reliable drinking water supply. As a result, millions die each year from waterborne illness. The UN has established a target within the Millennium Development ... -
Examining Wastewater Treatment Struggles in Lowndes County, AL
(2018-04-27)Many poor, rural Americans currently live without access to basic wastewater treatment, raising sobering environmental justice and public health issues. Recent research found a 34.5% incident rate of N. americanus (hookworm) ... -
Indian Toilets and Tanzanian Mosquito Nets: Understanding Households' Environmental Health Decisions in Developing Countries
(2008-04-25)Diarrhea and malaria are two of the most devastating public health threats in the developing world, resulting in millions of childhood deaths each year. Part of the challenge in addressing these threats arises from the ... -
Modelling Heat Transfer and Pathogen Disinfection in a Biogas-Powered Self-Sanitizing Toilet
(2014)The problem of inadequate sanitation in less developed countries has dire health consequences such as diarrheal diseases. A household-scale sanitation system consisting of an anaerobic digester, heat exchanger, and biogas-powered ... -
Sustainable Energy & Technology (Global Energy Access Network Case Studies)
This is the second volume of energy access case studies compiled by the Global Energy Access Network. The idea to assemble these case studies was conceived during our inaugural year (2016-17), when we noticed that many student ... -
Urban water, sanitation, and hygiene access and the presence of Escherichia coli in the urinary tracts of women in Ahmedabad, India
(2018)Introduction: Municipalities often struggle to build and maintain basic infrastructure for informal slums in urban cities for its most vulnerable populations. One impact of inadequate water and sanitation access is the creation ...
