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News New Water and Sanitation Series in PLoS Medicine

PLoS Medicine has today published a series of articles entitled about the importance, from a health perspective, of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions. You will find the articles available via the links below:

PLoS Medicine series on water & sanitation
On 16 November the entire series will be accessible at http://www.ploscollections.org/watersanitation

Paper 1: Hygiene, Sanitation, and Water: Forgotten Foundations of Health
Citation: Bartram J, Cairncross S (2010) Hygiene, Sanitation, and Water: Forgotten Foundations of Health. PLoS Med 7(11): 1000367.doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000367
Published 9 November 2010

http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000367

Paper 2: Water Supply and Health
Citation: Hunter PR, MacDonald AM, Carter RC (2010) Water Supply and Health. PLoS Med 7(11): e1000361. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000361
Published 9 November 2010

http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000361

Paper 3: Sanitation and Health
Citation: Mara D, Lane J, Scott B, Trouba D (2010) Sanitation and Health. PLoS Med 7(11): e1000363. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000363
Published 16 November 2010

http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000363

Paper 4:  Hygiene, Sanitation, and Water: What Needs to Be Done?
Citation: Cairncross S, Bartram J, Cumming O, Brocklehurst C (2010) Hygiene, Sanitation, and Water: What Needs to Be Done? PLoS Med 7(11): e1000365. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000365
Published 16 November 2010

http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000365

Contact information David Trouba, Programme Officer, Communications, Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), 15, chemin Louis-Dunant, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland (email: david.trouba@wsscc.org)
Phone: +41 22 560 81 78 ; Fax: +41 22 560 81 84; Mobile: +41 79 261 54 00
News type Inbrief
File link http://www.ploscollections.org/watersanitation
Source of information Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC)
Subject(s) ANALYSIS AND TESTS , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , WATER QUALITY
Geographical coverage n/a
News date 16/11/2010
Working language(s) ENGLISH
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