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  • Good WASH = Good Healthcare
    Blog
    Many governments and maternal and child health promoters have been urging pregnant women to deliver their babies at a healthcare facility rather than at home, with the intent of improving childbirth outcomes.
  • Toward a hygienic environment for infants and young children: Limiting early exposures to support long-term health and well-being
    Report
    Direct ingestion of animal and human feces in soil as well as exploratory mouthing by infants and young children remain underemphasized pathways of fecal pathogen exposure impacting child health and growth, as highlighted in the 2018
  • WASHPaLS Earth Enable Final Report – Behavioral and Biological Plausibility of the Protective Effects of Improved Flooring
    Final Report
    Fecal matter and parasites, such as soil-transmitted helminths, are just some of the contaminants found in soil. Fleas and rats spread these toxins widely.
  • Developing and Testing an Innovative Behavior Change Program for Safe Child Feces Management in Odisha, India
    Report
    Globally, access to sanitation is on the rise, with related reductions in open defecation. Yet an often-overlooked component of sanitation is safe child feces management (CFM).
  • Household Problem-Solving to Reduce Children's Exposure to Poultry Feces
    Report
    Campylobacter spp. infections are the most common bacterial cause of gastroenteritis (Murray et al., 2012). In children under two years of age, Campylobacter spp.
  • Improving Hygienic Management of Poultry in Rural Uganda
    Report
    Typical poultry management practices in rural Uganda expose children to fecal contamination and increased risk of disease.
  • Formative Research on Gender and Hygiene in Mozambique: Final Report
    Final Report
    Global evidence suggests deeply embedded structural and behavioral determinants, including restrictive norms and inequalities related to gender, sustain poor sanitation and hygiene conditions.
  • Using Mobile Health Messaging to Nudge BabyWASH Behaviors - Formative Research Final Report
    Report
    Children less than five years of age are at greater risk of diarrheal diseases globally. Frequent diarrhea is associated with growth faltering and poor cognitive development, which together account for a huge global burden.
  • Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Partnerships and Learning for Sustainability (WASHPaLS) Fact Sheet
    Fact Sheet
    Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Partnerships and Learning for Sustainability (WASHPaLS) is a five-year project funded through the Global Health Bureau to support USAID’s goal of reducing morbidity and mortality in children under five by strengthenin
  • Sustaining Latrine Coverage and Use: A Study of Community-Led Total Sanitation Programs in Northern Ghana
    Brief
    Prior studies have identified several aspects of Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS) program implementation as crucial to both achieve and sustain open defecation free (ODF) communities: (i) the involvement of community leaders, (ii) intensity a

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