Pit latrines are widely promoted to improve sanitation in low-income settings, but their
pollution and health risks receive cursory attention. The present narrative review presents …

The safe management of fecal sludge from the 3.4 billion people worldwide that use onsite
sanitation systems can greatly reduce the global infectious disease burden. However, there …

In low-income, urban, informal communities lacking sewerage and solid waste services,
onsite sanitation (sludges, aqueous effluent) and child feces are potential sources of human …

In China, over 47 million toilets in rural areas have been upgraded since the nationwide
sanitation program, popularly referred to as the “toilet revolution”, was launched in 2015 …

Urban sanitation infrastructure is inadequate in many low-income countries, leading to the
presence of highly concentrated, uncontained fecal waste streams in densely populated …

Open landfilling is a common practice of waste dumping in developing countries, generating
a range of environmental and public health hazards. In this study, we determined the …

Sewage surveillance is increasingly used in public health applications; metabolites,
biomarkers, and pathogens are detectable in wastewater and can provide useful information …

Abstract The ongoing Toilet Revolution in China offers an opportunity to improve sanitation
in rural areas by introducing new approaches, such as urine source separation, that can …

Wastewater based epidemiology (WBE) is increasingly used to provide decision makers
with actionable data about community health. WBE efforts to date have primarily focused on …

Safe fecal sludge management (FSM)–the hygienic emptying, transport, and treatment for
reuse or disposal of fecal sludge–is an essential part of safely managed sanitation …