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  1. Theory-driven formative research on on-site, shared sanitation quality improvement among landlords and tenants in peri-urban Lusaka, Zambia

    Tidwell et al. (2018) published this paper in the International Journal of Environmental Health Research. The paper discusses theory-driven formative research on on-site, shared sanitation quality improvement among landlords and tenants...

  2. Contamination of groundwater sources in emerging African towns: the case of Babati town, Tanzania

    This paper describes the assessment of groundwater contamination potential in Babati, Manyara, Tanzania. It was conducted by Pantaleo et al. (2018) and published in Water Practice and Technology. Fecal coliforms (FC) and high NO3...

  3. The social dynamics around shared sanitation in an informal settlement of Lusaka, Zambia

    This research conducted by Chipungu et al. (2019) uncovers social dynamics trends affecting collective management of shared sanitation in the Bauleni compound of Lusaka, Zambia. The work was published in The Journal of Water, Sanitation...

  4. Understanding living conditions and deprivation in informal settlements of Kisumu, Kenya

    Simiyu et al. (2019) published this paper in Urban Forum. The research aims to shed light on living conditions and deprivation in informal settlements of Kisumu, Kenya. As well as describing the living conditions in the settlements, the...

  5. Realities and experiences of Community Health Volunteers as agents for behaviour change: evidence from an informal urban settlement in Kisumu, Kenya

    Aseyo et al. (2018) published this paper in Human Resources for Health. The work explores the important role of community health volunteers (CHVs) in delivering health services and behaviour change interventions (including hygiene-...

  6. Association between unhygienic menstrual management practices and prevalence of lower reproductive tract infections: a hospital-based cross-sectional study in Odisha, India

    This study, carried out in Odisha, India, and published in BMC Infectious Diseases by Torondel et al. (2018), explores association between unhygienic menstrual management (MHM) practices and prevalence of lower reproductive tract...

  7. Promoting hygienic weaning food handling practices through a community based programme: intervention implementation and baseline characteristics for a cluster randomised controlled trial in rural Gambia

    This study, published in BMJ Open by Manjang et al. (2018), describes a clustered randomised control trial of an intervention intended to improve levels of contamination of weaning foods in rural Gambia. Such contamination is a cause of...

  8. Using outcome mapping to get research into use in East and Southern Africa

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  9. Assessing peri-urban sanitation quality using a theoretically derived composite measure in Lusaka, Zambia

    This paper, published by Tidwell et al. (2018) in The Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, highlights how a Peri-Urban Healthy Toilet Index (PUHTI) was created for measuring on-site, peri-urban sanitation...

  10. Aetiology of Diarrhoea in Children Under Five in Zambia Detected Using Luminex xTAG Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel

    This study, conducted by Chisenga et al. (2018) and published in Pediatric Infectious Disease, aimed to document viral, bacterial and protozoan enteric pathogens responsible for causing moderate-to-severe diarrhoea among...