Background: Prior studies have reported relationships between satisfactory water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions and improved health outcomes. The aim of this study is to examine drinking water sources, sanitation and hygiene practices among households in an urban co...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2026/v24i31370
Brenda Vitória Machado Amorim, Gabriella Mascarenhas Cova, Carlos Danilo Cardoso Matos Silva & João Ronaldo Tavares de Vasconcellos Neto·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2024
Introduction: Leptospirosis, a globally prevalent zoonotic infection, affects approximately one million people annually. Originating from the bacterium Leptospira, it is transmitted through contact with the urine of reservoir animals, such as rodents. In Brazil, it is endemic, es...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71044
The paper highlighted the chemical characteristics of broth from cooked maize and compared them with that from cooked beans. Left-over-water from boiled maize were produced by cooking 2kg of a variety of Zea mays L. with 8kg of water. After this stage, samples of those solutions...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2022/v21i230407
Kaboré Aminata, Savadogo Boubacar, Jacques Sawadogo, Kafando Haoua, Tarnagda Grissoum, Savadogo Windinpsidi Paul & Diagbouga Serge·Microbiology Research Journal International·2020
Microbiological quality of drinking water in market gardening sites was assessed to understand the persistence of diarrhoeal diseases and malnutrition among children under five. Households with children under five (5) were selected in Dassa, Nebia, Nariou and Tanguin-wobdo locate...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2020/v30i330206
Introduction: Access to water, sanitation and hygiene is a major challenge in developing nations and more among rural population. In India, Swachh Bharat Mission was launched with the objective to provide sanitation facilities and eliminate open defecation. Objective: To assess t...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v14i230095
Selina Akhter Lira, Fatema Akter, Tawhidur Rahman, Md. Shariful Islam, Rafsan Zani Tanvir, Abu Saim Al Salauddin, Mohammed Farhad Hossain, Shoaib Mahmud Shaon, Md. Masud Rana & Shahin Mahmud·Microbiology Research Journal International·2016
Water is indispensible for the survival of living organisms, therefore easy access of adequate and safe water is a basic need for human beings. Various health problems are caused by consumption of unsafe water. Sherpur is one of the oldest municipality of Bangladesh where about m...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/22932