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Fall 2015 Quarterly Newsletter
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Mali: Community-led rural sanitation
Child growth improves
A paper published in The Lancet Global Health presents new evidence that child growth improved when communities in the Republic of Mali participated in a community-led sanitation program. The research is co-authored by Stanford's Amy Pickering
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Haiti: Container-based sanitation
Worth the price
A Stanford-led study shows three out of four residents of an impoverished Haitian neighborhood continued to use – and pay for – a new toilet service once the initial study ended. The waterless toilet and waste collection service may provide a significant health
benefit in dense urban settings.
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Bangladesh: Clean drinking water
Safe on tap
Many children who live in conditions of poor water quality and inadequate sanitation ingest large quantities of fecal bacteria. Stanford researchers working on the Lotus Water project have launched a major study of the health impact of access to automatically
chlorinated water in Bangladesh, funded by the World Bank.
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UN adopts Sustainable Development Goals
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September 25, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted ambitious economic, social and environmental goals, which member nations will pursue over the next 15 years. Among these 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), one is dedicated exclusively
to water supply and sanitation services. Jenna Davis, Higgins-Magid Senior Fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford, served
on the expert working group tasked with developing the targets and indicators that will be used to monitor access to sustainable sanitation. “I feel particularly proud of the group’s success in broadening the definition of sustainable sanitation,” she said.
“The definition extends beyond toilet use to include the safe management and disposal of wastes.”
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In the News
Dr. Stephen Luby takes pragmatic approach to global public health
When it comes to huge health problems in underprivileged nations, Stanford's Stephen Luby, M.D., says, “We can make a difference.”
livewell nebraska | June 2015
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Stanford researchers rethink sanitation system for urban slums
Residents of Haiti have avoided infectious disease associated with fecal matter through use of a dry toilet and waste collection service. The system operates without a large, up-front, capital investment and requires no electricity.
China.org.cn | May, 2015
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Drinking water: Safe at the source
Program on Water, Health and Development researchers are developing affordable, sustainable solutions to the challenge of providing safe drinking water to nearly 1 billion people in city slums.
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment | March, 2015
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Stanford environmental researchers work to put sustainability into action
Stanford Director of Water Health and Development Jenna Davis has been selected as a Leopold Leadership Program fellow. The program aims to provide outstanding academic environmental researchers with skills to integrate science into decision-making.
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment | March, 2015
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In Print
Virus on mothers' hands in Tanzania may expose children
Research results suggest mothers' hands may be a source of norovirus exposure for children in households in Tanzania.
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | October 2015
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Impact of handwashing promotion on influenza-like illness in Bangladesh
After a household member became ill in rural Bangladesh, starting a handwashing promotion did not protect against influenza-like illness. This may be because behavior did not change quickly enough to make a difference.
PLOS|ONE | June, 2015
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Chlorlinating drinking water in Bangladesh
This study compares a technology designed to automatically dispense chlorine at shared hand pumps with a household-level intervention.
PLOS|ONE | March, 2015
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Which source is greater for ingested fecal bacteria in Tanzania ?
Results show that Tanzanian children ingest a significantly greater amount of feces each day from hand-to-mouth contacts than from drinking water.
Environmental Science & Technology | January 2015
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What We're Reading
Engineering Is: Cleaning Poop from Drinking Water
 Public
television station KQED of northern California has released a new interactive, electronic book, “Engineering
Is: Cleaning Poop from Drinking Water.” The e-book illustrates how scientists and engineers solve problems, and features a project led by Amy Pickering, a research associate at Stanford's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
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Perhaps Trevor Noah, new host of "The Daily Show," shouldn't be so comfortable with an indoor toilet
South African comedian Trevor Noah now hosts "The Daily Show." During one of his first jests as host, he mentioned his indoor toilet. Sanitation expert Chris Buckley provides context, speaking with Don Boroughs, writer
for NPR’s goats and soda blog.
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Working with partners in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, Stanford researchers with the Program on Water, Health & Development (WHD) are identifying ways to improve and increase the sustainability of water supply and sanitation
service delivery, while also enhancing capacity for sustainable water and wastewater management in developing countries. WHD is a program of the Stanford Woods Institute of the Environment. Learn more at water.stanford.edu.
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