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services deprivation score (BSDS), which includes variables that affect health, such as access to piped water, latrines, solid … services, thereby increasing vulnerability to poor health outcomes. To quantify deprivation for each slum, we construct a basic … waste disposal, schools, and health centers. In a regression analysis, we find a robust association between non …
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close to and on both sides of the geographic boundary of piped water supply. Our work finds that access to piped water was … that suggest that it is not enough for a household to be connected to the water supply network, but that a minimum …
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equation model, this paper provides an analysis of the effects of the volume and volatility of aid on education, health, water … negatively associated. Aid volatility is associated with better outcomes in sanitation, water and infant mortality, contrary to … and sanitation outcomes, taking also into account the institutions related to public service delivery, including freedom …
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minimized when the local public health infrastructure is sufficiently developed (municipality coverage of piped water and …This paper analyzes the impact of rainfall fluctuations during the gestational period on health at birth. We … concentrate on the semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil to highlight the role of water scarcity as a determinant of early life …
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This article investigates the impact of piped water supply and sanitation on health outcomes in urban Yemen using a … separate identification of water and sanitation impacts. Results indicate that access to piped water supply worsens health … supply is continuous no clear health benefits are found compared to traditional urban water supply through water vendors …
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This paper examines the impact of drinking water quality and sanitation behavior on child health in rural districts of … methods to quantify the impacts of water quality and sanitation behavior on diarrhea incidence among children under five years … desired health benefits of sanitation. To protect rural households from the risk of contracting communicable diseases …
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Basic sanitation and hygiene can prevent roughly a million deaths a year. This study examines the rapid prototyping of … a pilot school-based handwashing, safe water, and sanitation program in Chennai, India. Our content analysis identified … commitment), factors outside the class but within the school (School administration and support and Hygiene and sanitation …
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to hygiene and drinking water handling practices were also analyzed. In Amran, a town situated in the Yemen's mountainous … region, where water is in short supply, households connected to the water infrastructure reported deterioration in health … correlation. The discrepancy in the health effectiveness of this project for the development of water supply and sewage disposal …
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girl's education suffers when her greater water need for female hygiene purposes after menarche is not met because her … household has poor access to water. For testing we use data from rural villages in the China Health and Nutrition Survey. We …We investigate girls' school dropout rates, bringing forward a novel variable: access to water. We hypothesise that a …
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framework for understanding complex environmental health issues arising from water supplies and sanitation practices in Africa … transmission pathways. Such efforts paid off and led to significant breakthroughs in drinking water supplies and sanitation …, meanings, perceptions, spirituality etc. in determining water and sanitation practices of individuals and groups with a …
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