Shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in feces and urine and its potential role in person-to-person transmission and the environment-based spread of COVID-19

DL Jones, MQ Baluja, DW Graham, A Corbishley… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The recent detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in feces has led to speculation that it can be
transmitted via the fecal-oral/ocular route. This review aims to critically evaluate the …

Women's and girls' experiences of menstruation in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic review and qualitative metasynthesis

J Hennegan, AK Shannon, J Rubli, KJ Schwab… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Attention to women's and girls' menstrual needs is critical for global health and
gender equality. The importance of this neglected experience has been elucidated by a …

Water and mental health

A Wutich, A Brewis, A Tsai - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There is a well‐established connection among water quality, sanitation, and physical health.
The potentially important relationship between water and mental health is considerably less …

'It's like a burden on the head': Redefining adequate menstrual hygiene management throughout women's varied life stages in Odisha, India

ER MacRae, T Clasen, M Dasmohapatra, BA Caruso - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
There has been growing recognition of menstrual hygiene management (MHM) as a
significant public health issue. However, research has predominately focused on the …

Social and geographic inequalities in water, sanitation and hygiene access in 21 refugee camps and settlements in Bangladesh, Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, and …

A Calderón-Villarreal, R Schweitzer… - International journal for …, 2022 - Springer
Introduction Many refugees face challenges accessing water, sanitation, and hygiene
(WASH) services. However, there is limited literature on WASH access for refugee …

Menstrual hygiene management among women and adolescent girls in the aftermath of the earthquake in Nepal

SS Budhathoki, M Bhattachan, E Castro-Sánchez… - BMC women's …, 2018 - Springer
Background Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) is an essential aspect of hygiene for
women and adolescent girls between menarche and menopause. Despite being an …

Interventions promoting uptake of water, sanitation and hygiene (wash) technologies in low‐and middle‐income countries: an evidence and gap map of effectiveness …

H Chirgwin, S Cairncross, D Zehra… - Campbell Systematic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Lack of access to and use of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) cause 1.6
million deaths every year, of which 1.2 million are due to gastrointestinal illnesses like …

[HTML][HTML] Water, sanitation and hygiene: measuring gender equality and empowerment

GL Kayser, N Rao, R Jose, A Raj - Bulletin of the World Health …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Georgia L Kayser et al. tion and hygiene designs could increase safety; the relationship
between distance to these facilities and feelings of insecurity, prevalence of various types of …

Household water insecurity may influence common mental disorders directly and indirectly through multiple pathways: Evidence from Haiti

A Brewis, N Choudhary, A Wutich - Social science & medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Living in poverty significantly elevates risk of common mental disorders, but the underlying
mechanisms are poorly specified. The stress of co** with household food insecurity is …

Exploring the relationship between sanitation and mental and social well-being: A systematic review and qualitative synthesis

GD Sclar, G Penakalapati, BA Caruso… - Social science & …, 2018 - Elsevier
The WHO defines health not as the absence of disease but as a “state of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being.” To date, public health research on sanitation has focused …