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transmission pathways. Such efforts paid off and led to significant breakthroughs in drinking water supplies and sanitation … framework for understanding complex environmental health issues arising from water supplies and sanitation practices in Africa …, meanings, perceptions, spirituality etc. in determining water and sanitation practices of individuals and groups with a …
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services deprivation score (BSDS), which includes variables that affect health, such as access to piped water, latrines, solid …
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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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in households) with access to different types of water and sanitation facilities, and from socio-economic and child … belonging to different treatment groups, defined by water types and sanitation facilities, with children in a control group. We …
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negatively associated. Aid volatility is associated with better outcomes in sanitation, water and infant mortality, contrary to … equation model, this paper provides an analysis of the effects of the volume and volatility of aid on education, health, water … and sanitation outcomes, taking also into account the institutions related to public service delivery, including freedom …
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concentrate on the semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil to highlight the role of water scarcity as a determinant of early life … minimized when the local public health infrastructure is sufficiently developed (municipality coverage of piped water and … sanitation). We also find that effects are stronger during the fetal period (2nd trimester of gestation), for children born …
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for water and waste water management is compared.Based on a comprehensive systems perspective Integrated Resource …
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Announced in June 2021, the never-implemented Green Recovery Plan for the Brazilian Legal Amazon Region (GRP) would be a green transition initiative to be carried out by the state governments of the region. The GRP represented the first large-scale proposal aiming at the transition to a...
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This paper investigates the apparent paradox of the mid 2000's sharp reduction in the deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon that happened alongside fast growing commodity markets. Particular attention is given to the role played by PPCDAM, an environmental policy introduced by the federal...
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water supply coverage is not as good as the figures show while national sanitation continues to be poor even after almost … factors constrain access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation in India for both the urban and rural poor, and that … their own water and sanitation schemes, not just in rural areas but in urban ones as well. There are definite advantages to …
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