Acknowledgements: None. / Cholera continues to be a major public health threat, especially in regions with poor sanitation and limited access to clean water. Accurate prediction and management of cholera outbreaks are essential to reduce mortality and morbidity. This review focuses on the potential of polymerase chain reaction (PC...
Increasing access to water quality tests in low-income communities is a crucial strategy toward achieving global water equality. Recent studies in the Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector underscore the importance of addressing practical concerns in water testing, such as robustness and results communication. In response, we present the Water...
Peer reviewed: True / Acknowledgements: The authors thank Sirajul Islam, Emeritus Scientist, Laboratory Sciences and Services Division (LSSD) at ICDDR’B, for providing valuable remarks and providing the data and logistic support for the site visit to conduct the research. The authors sincerely thank the anonymous reviewers for their valuable commen...
In the absence of written records, disease and parasite loads are often used as indicators of sanitation in past populations. Here, the authors adopt the novel approach of integrating the bioarchaeological analysis of cesspits in an area of medieval Leiden (the Netherlands) with historical property records to explore living conditions. Using light ...
The expansion of copper mining on the hyper-arid pacific slope of Southern Peru has precipitated growing concern for scarce water resources in the region. Located in the headwaters of the Torata river, in the department of Moquegua, the Cuajone mine, owned by Southern Copper, provides a unique opportunity in a little-studied region to examine the r...
Peer reviewed: True / Acknowledgements: The authors acknowledge the valuable support of A. Quispe and W. Zeballos at UNAM; Himantha Cooray for his assistance in developing the Mathematica program for data analysis; John Forrest for his contribution in arranging fieldwork; and Julia Porturas for her administrative support. / Publication status: Publ...
Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; DOI: https://doi.org/10.13039/100000865 / Oral cholera vaccine (OCV) and incremental improvements in household water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) within cholera-endemic areas can reduce cholera risk. However, we lack empiric evaluation of their combined impact. We evaluated a cl...
Global cholera control efforts rely heavily on effective water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions in cholera-endemic settings.
Using data from a large, randomized controlled trial of oral cholera vaccine conducted in Kolkata, India, we evaluated whether natural variations in WASH in an urban slum setting were pre...
Peer reviewed: True / Funder: University of Adelaide / This paper outlines and analyses preliminary research in South Australia’s Riverland, part of Australia’s largest river system, the Murray–Darling Basin, and one of the nation’s most important horticultural production areas. It focuses on the Renmark Irrigation Trust (RIT), which supplies water...
Peer reviewed: True / Water distribution systems (WDSs) are considered inherently vulnerable to intentional and accidental contamination. The installation of a water quality sensor system (WQSS) represents a valid strategy for securing WDSs against contamination. This paper proposes a novel topological-based methodological approach for defining a s...
