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1. Evidence-based health interventions for the educational sector: Application and lessons learned from developing European food hygiene and safety teaching resources

Author:
Magda Hann; Catherine V. Hayes; Virginie Lacroix-Hugues; Pia Touboul Lundgren; Cliodna McNulty; Rowshonara Syeda; Charlotte Eley; Paula Teixeira; Dimitra Gennimata; Mónica Truninger; Susanne Knøchel; Lars Münter; Rosalie Allison; Ágnes Fehér; Tekla Izsó; Atilla Kunszabó; Gyula Kasza; Alicia Demirjian
Source:
Food control 2023 v.143 pp. 109219
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
food sanitation,   etc   ; curriculum; foodborne illness; risk; stakeholders; teachers;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Foodborne illnesses have a significant global burden and can be life-threatening, but good food hygiene practice can prevent most. SafeConsume is an EU-funded, transdisciplinary project aiming to improve consumers’ food safety behaviour and reduce the burden of foodborne illness. Young people are at risk of foodborne illness and research indicates a lack of knowledge or concern about food hygiene. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.109219

2. Spatial distribution of bacterial resistance towards antibiotics of rural sanitation system in China and its potential link with diseases incidence

Author:
Houyu Li; Lu Tan; Chunxue Zhang; Xiaocheng Wei; Qiang Wang; Qian Li; Xiangqun Zheng; Yan Xu
Source:
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2023 v.127 pp. 361-374
ISSN:
1001-0742
Subject:
sanitation,   etc   ; antibiotic resistance; antibiotic resistance genes; bacterial communities; feces; humans; pathogenicity; risk; risk reduction; China;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Chinese government is vigorously promoting toilet renovation in rural areas to reduce the risk of human feces exposure, which would cause infectious diseases, especially antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and pathogens. However, the distribution of ARGs in human feces from different regions of China remained ill-defined. It is not yet known how the survival of ARGs after toilet treatment is associ ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2022.06.010

3. Food safety knowledge, self-reported hygiene practices, and street food vendors’ perceptions of current hygiene facilities and services - An Ecuadorean case

Author:
Araceli Pilamala Rosales; Anita R. Linnemann; Pieternel A. Luning
Source:
Food control 2023 v.144 pp. 109377
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
food sanitation,   etc   ; decision making; experimental design; food consumption; hygiene; local government; municipal solid waste; pest control; public health; questionnaires; risk; street foods; water supply; Ecuador;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... Street food consumption is growing substantially, particularly in developing countries, but represents a public health risk when street food vendors do not meet the hygiene requirements. This study assessed street food vendors' knowledge about the requirements to produce safe food, their self-reported personal and food hygiene practices, and their perceptions of the currently provided hygiene faci ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.109377

4. Moving from routine to risk-based official controls in slaughterhouses: Development of a scoring tool for the risk of non-compliance with animal welfare regulations

Author:
T. Sundermann; D. Bibbal; N. Holleville; M. Salines
Source:
Food control 2023 v.143 pp. 109321
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
food sanitation,   etc   ; animal welfare; compliance; distress; economic outlook and situation; expert opinion; food industry; head; meat production; model validation; pain; poultry; red meat; risk; risk management; slaughter; slaughterhouses; statistical models;     Show all 18 Subjects
Abstract:
... Slaughter of animals is a necessary step of meat production process that takes place out of public view, but that is a subject of consumers' and civil society organisations’ concern. Public policies are progressing constantly to meet social expectations and optimize official controls in slaughterhouses. Regarding animal welfare, the main objective of official controls of food business operators (F ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.109321

5. Assessing the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on the microbial quality of an urban water catchment and the associated probability of waterborne infections

Author:
Akebe Luther King Abia; Memory Tekere
Source:
Science of the total environment 2023 v.856 pp. 159098
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
sanitation,   etc   ; COVID-19 infection; Escherichia coli; World Health Organization; environment; gastrointestinal system; health hazards; hygiene; ingestion; microbial load; microbiological quality; microbiological risk assessment; models; pandemic; probability; recreation; surface water; wastewater treatment; water pollution; watersheds; South Africa;     Show all 21 Subjects
Abstract:
... The World Health Organization reported that COVID-19 cases reached 611,421,786 globally by September 23, 2022. Six months after the first reported case, the disease had spread rapidly, reaching pandemic status, leading to numerous preventive measures to curb the spread, including a complete shutdown of many activities worldwide. Such restrictions affected services like waste management, resulting ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159098

6. Transcriptome analysis and pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) identification in different tissues of adult Pacific oysters infected with Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Author:
Petcharat Namwong; Shuang Wang; Qing Kong; Haijin Mou; Lei Ma; Prapansak Srisapoome
Source:
Aquaculture 2023 v.562 pp. 738824
ISSN:
0044-8486
Subject:
food sanitation,   etc   ; Crassostrea gigas; Gram-negative bacteria; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; adults; aquaculture industry; bacterial adhesion; bacterial infections; carbohydrate binding; cytoskeleton; data collection; epithelium; fluorescent antibody technique; galectins; gene expression; gene expression regulation; genes; host-pathogen relationships; macrophages; mannose; oxidative stress; pathogens; peptidoglycans; peroxidase; phagocytosis; recombinant proteins; shellfish culture; transcriptomics;     Show all 28 Subjects
Abstract:
... Contamination of V. parahaemolyticus in raw product and culture areas of Crassostrea gigas has been a concern in food hygiene and infectious diseases in the shellfish aquaculture industry for decades. Although numerous researchers have presently objective of decreasing pathogen microorganism contaminated load in raw oysters or genetics improvement for prevention, the in-depth information at the mo ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.738824

7. Fuzzy logic for discharge coefficient interpolation in hydraulic transients: experimental analysis

Author:
Welitom Ttatom Pereira da Silva; Ricardo Augusto Moraes Zaque; David Maycon Schimitt Rosa; Aldecy de Almeida Santos
Source:
ISH journal of hydraulic engineering 2022 v.28 no.S1 pp. 215-222
ISSN:
2164-3040
Subject:
sanitation,   etc   ; evolution; fuzzy logic;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Understanding hydraulic transients in real sanitation systems is extremely important, especially when developing expansion and/or adequacy projects in facilities that operate in a transitory regime. The aim of this study is to propose a discharge coefficient (Cd) interpolation model to calibrate hydraulic transients in a pipeline operating in a non-permanent regime (transitory). The proposed metho ...
DOI:
10.1080/09715010.2020.1747556

8. Geosystem approach assisting water resources management in Brazil

Author:
Kaique Brito Silva; Raul Reis Amorim
Source:
Environmental earth sciences 2022 v.81 no.2 pp. 57
ISSN:
1866-6280
Subject:
sanitation,   etc   ; landscapes; surveys; Brazil;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... The geosystems concept is being used by academic researches and water resources management in Brazilian’s watersheds. There is a strong influence on Bertrand’s approach, which indicates that the natural and anthropic systems have the same strength to organize geographical landscape. The objective of this paper was to show a current application of the geosystems concept in planning water resources ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12665-022-10166-6

9. Supporting the poor to access sanitation: key lessons from targeted household consumer subsidies in Cambodia

Author:
Jeremy Kohlitz; Sunetra Lala; Janita Bartell; Gabrielle Halcrow; Tim Foster; Juliet Willetts
Source:
Development in practice 2022 v.32 no.6 pp. 812-825
ISSN:
1364-9213
Subject:
sanitation,   etc   ; affordability; watersheds; Cambodia;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... This paper presents the experiences of two household sanitation subsidy initiatives piloted by SNV and WaterSHED targeting poor households in rural Cambodia. Each initiative offered eligible households a subsidy to help manage the upfront costs of constructing new pour-flush latrines. Subsidy uptake by households was limited by affordability of the required household contribution, insufficient tim ...
DOI:
10.1080/09614524.2021.2016629

10. Public banks, public water: exploring the links in Europe

Author:
Thomas Marois; David A. McDonald
Source:
Water international 2022 v.47 no.5 pp. 673-690
ISSN:
1941-1707
Subject:
sanitation,   etc   ; water; water utilities; Europe;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Public banks have played an important role in financing public water and sanitation services in Europe for over a century, but these activities have been largely ignored in the academic literature. This special issue is an initial corrective to this research gap, providing conceptual insights and empirical information on eight countries and regions in Europe, covering a wide range of public banks ...
DOI:
10.1080/02508060.2022.2098629

11. The place of subsidy: affordable sanitation service delivery in slums of Kumasi, Ghana

Author:
Benjamin Doe; Prince Dacosta Aboagye
Source:
GeoJournal 2022 v.87 no.1 pp. 295-317
ISSN:
0343-2521
Subject:
sanitation,   etc   ; affordability; morbidity; mortality; poverty; Ghana;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... A key contributor to the growing levels of morbidity, mortality and poverty in slum settlements has been attributed to lack of basic sanitation services. To curb this menace, various scholars suggest the delivery of affordable sanitation services. However, there appears to be a misfit between the nature of sanitation services provided and households’ ability to pay for the service. The paper inves ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10708-020-10256-7

12. Institutional challenges to efficient governance: water, sanitation and wastewater in Egypt

Author:
Claude Ménard
Source:
Water international 2022 v.47 no.2 pp. 205-222
ISSN:
1941-1707
Subject:
sanitation,   etc   ; governance; wastewater; water; water management; Egypt;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Recent contributions to network infrastructures pay increasing attention to the key role of ‘intermediate’ or ‘meso-institutions’ linking the level at which rules and norms are established and the level at which operators and users proceed. Building on these contributions, this article examines the institutional setting that underlies water, sanitation and wastewater services in Egypt. Referring t ...
DOI:
10.1080/02508060.2022.2040812

13. Is safe water, sanitation, and hygiene a pipe dream?

Author:
Lina Taing
Source:
One earth 2022 v.5 no.2 pp. 126-128
ISSN:
2590-3322
Subject:
sanitation,   etc   ; human health; hygiene; people; public health;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... The adage “water is life” underscores how water is fundamental to human health. Unfortunately, 1.6 million people die annually as a result of unsafe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). We urgently need to develop and enhance safeguards that prevent WASH-related mortalities by accelerating actions that protect public health and water resources. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.oneear.2022.01.004

14. Uncertainty-Aware Interpretable Deep Learning for Slum Mapping and Monitoring

Author:
Thomas Fisher; Harry Gibson; Yunzhe Liu; Moloud Abdar; Marius Posa; Gholamreza Salimi-Khorshidi; Abdelaali Hassaine; Yutong Cai; Kazem Rahimi; Mohammad Mamouei
Source:
Remote Sensing 2022 v.14 no.13 pp. -
ISSN:
2072-4292
Subject:
sanitation,   etc   ; education; infrastructure; models; satellites; uncertainty; India;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Over a billion people live in slums, with poor sanitation, education, property rights and working conditions having a direct impact on current residents and future generations. Slum mapping is one of the key problems concerning slums. Policymakers need to delineate slum settlements to make informed decisions about infrastructure development and allocation of aid. A wide variety of machine learning ...
DOI:
10.3390/rs14133072

15. Understanding the challenges governing Malawi’s water, sanitation and hygiene sector

Author:
Emmanuel M. Akpabio; Evance Mwathunga; John S. Rowan
Source:
International journal of water resources development 2022 v.38 no.3 pp. 426-446
ISSN:
1360-0648
Subject:
sanitation,   etc   ; compliance; governance; hygiene; longevity; water; Malawi;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... This paper explores the extent to which Malawi’s national water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) sector programmes align with the lived realities of Malawian people through interviews, observations and a review of secondary documents. Significant progress is unquestionably being made, but there are dangers in momentary achievements being romanticized, and under-capacity in shaping cultural practices ...
DOI:
10.1080/07900627.2021.1897947

16. Allergen cross-contact control plan supporting the implementation of food allergen management (FAM) in small food businesses

Author:
Waldemar Dzwolak
Source:
Food control 2022 v.135 pp. 108777
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
food sanitation,   etc   ; cross contamination; food allergens; hygiene; taxes;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Allergen cross-contamination is a significant area of food allergen management (FAM) caused by the presence of unintended allergens in food products. In this study, a list of allergen transmission vectors (ATVs) and allergen cross-contact (ACC) control measures were identified, and their prevalence was determined in 36 small food businesses (SFBs). Based on the data and using a T-shaped matrix dia ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108777

17. Can International Nonsewered Sanitation Standards Help Solve the Global Sanitation Crisis?

Author:
Clément A Cid; Francine Abiola; Markus Starkl
Source:
Environmental science & technology 2022 v.56 no.2 pp. 699-706
ISSN:
1520-5851
Subject:
sanitation,   etc   ; air; excreta; human health; humans; sludge; technology;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... To address one of the most severe global challenges affecting human health and the environment, two new voluntary product standards (ISO 30500 and ISO 31800) for nonsewered sanitation systems (NSSS) and fecal sludge treatment units (FSTUs) have been developed and published. While providing stringent voluntary product requirements for the containment and the treatment of human excreta with safe out ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.est.1c03471

18. Sanitation Criteria: A Comprehensive Review of Existing Sustainability and Resilience Evaluation Criteria for Sanitation Systems

Author:
Katherine G. Chambers; Patrick M. Sheridan; Sherri M. Cook
Source:
Environmental science & technology letters 2022 v.9 no.7 pp. 583-591
ISSN:
2328-8930
Subject:
sanitation,   etc   ; data collection; databases; environmental science; social welfare;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Despite the existence of numerous sanitation assessment frameworks, it remains unclear how to provide and measure sustainable access to sanitation. A systematic literature review was conducted to evaluate and collate sanitation criteria (i.e., indicators) for evaluating the sustainability or resilience of sanitation systems. The identified indicators represented 30 evaluation themes that included ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.estlett.2c00267

19. Tracking water governance impacts: an example from the Kenyan water sector

Author:
Fanni Zentai; Katrin Gronemeier
Source:
Water international 2022 v.47 no.2 pp. 321-333
ISSN:
1941-1707
Subject:
sanitation,   etc   ; governance; humans; water; water management; water utilities;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... In 2015, the Kenyan Water Services Regulatory Board (WASREB) introduced a corporate governance indicator for the Kenyan water sector to measure the extent to which water service providers contribute to enhanced sector performance and the realization of the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation. An assessment shows that a utility that performs well on governance is very likely to perfor ...
DOI:
10.1080/02508060.2022.2042112

20. Experimenting with Urban–Rural Partnerships for Sustainable Sanitation in India: Learning from Practice

Author:
Shubhagato Dasgupta; Neha Agarwal
Source:
Land 2022 v.11 no.7 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-445X
Subject:
sanitation,   etc   ; accountability; governance; land; landscapes; local government; models; India;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Local government partnerships for producing services are ubiquitous in many countries. However, the approach has rarely been applied in India—likely owing to a history of centralized planning and independent urban and rural governance systems. Nonetheless, the country’s transforming sanitation landscape could benefit from intergovernmental partnerships for scaling services with speed and efficienc ...
DOI:
10.3390/land11071021