Baseline assessment results from Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Mali
Both baseline assessment papers have been published this year: “Baseline Characteristics of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Targeting Hand Hygiene in Primary Healthcare in Burkina Faso and Mali” and “Baseline Assessment of Handwashing Behavior, Hand Hygiene Conditions, and Wellbeing in Primary Schools in Nigeria” in the open-access International Journal of Public Health (IJPH).
To the articles:
Burkina Faso and Mali baseline article by Anaïs Galli1,2, Mirko S. Winkler1,2, Jan Hattendorf1,2, Max N. D. Friedrich3, Issa Bagayogo4,
Aboubacar Ballo4, Carola Bänziger5, Hassane Dembélé4, Mamadou Sory Keita6, Maryna Peter5, Alimata Ousséni Tall7, Jürg Utzinger1,2 and Branwen Nia Owen1,2 representing a joint effort of 1University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 2Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Allschwil, Switzerland, 3Ranas, Zurich, Switzerland, 4Terre des hommes, Bamako, Mali, 5University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Muttenz, Switzerland, 6Division Hygiéne Publique, Direction Régionale de la Santé, Ségou, Mali, 7Terre des hommes, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Nigeria baseline article by Yaman Maani-Abuzahra1,2,3, Mirko S. Winkler1,2, Jan Hattendorf1,2, Anaïs Galli1,2, Andrea Tamas4,5, Zainab Abdulkarim6, Usman Modu Kolo6, Muhammad Auwal Shuaibu6, Maryna Peter5, Nicole Probst-Hensch1,2 and Branwen N. Owen1,2 representing a joint effort of 1Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland, 2University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 3Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine, 4Ranas, Zurich, Switzerland, 5University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Northwestern Switzerland, Muttenz, Switzerland, 6Terre des Hommes, Maiduguri, Nigeria
Results from chlorination experiments and water quality assessments
Two universities of the consortium, EPFL in Switzerland and PPU in Palestine, work on chlorination experiments covering different aspects. EPFL investigated the effect of chlorine in the presence of soap “Effect of surfactants on inactivation of Bacillus subtilis spores by chlorine” published in Water Research and PPU investigated water quality and chlorine levels in schools’ drinking water “Characterization and evaluation of physiochemical and microbiological water quality parameters in Palestinian schools: a case study from Central Hebron Directorate”, published in the Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration.
To the articles:
Article on soap and chlorine by Tianqi Zhanga, María In´es Villalbab, Rongjun Gaoa, Sandor Kasasb,c, Urs von Guntena,d representing a joint effort of aSchool of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland, bLaboratory of Biological Electron Microscopy (LBEM), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Université de Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland, cCentre Universitaire Romand de Médecine Légale, UFAM, Université de Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland, dEawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland
Article on water quality assessment in Palestine by Safa Sultan1, Hassan Sawalha1, Yaser Issa2, Mohannad Nassar1, Hatem Qaimari2, Mohammad Abu Thrie3, Maher Jabari1 representing a joint effort of 1Center of Excellence in Water, Energy and Environment Research and Services, Mechanical Engineering Department, Palestine Polytechnic University, Wadi Al‑Haria, Hebron, Palestine, 2Environmental Health Department, Ministry of Health, Hebron, Palestine, 3Ministry of Education, Hebron, Palestine
Stay tuned: More hands4health papers will follow! You can also access our knowledge products page for more resources.