Background In developing countries, children under the age of five years who live in slums
are highly vulnerable to diarrhea. However, there is a paucity of information on the …

Background Information on the part that poor food-hygiene practices play a role in the
development of diarrhea in low socioeconomic urban communities is lacking. This study was …

Diarrhoea is an important health issue in low-and middle-income countries, including
Indonesia. We applied a multilevel regression analysis on the Indonesian Demographic and …

Background This paper examines if, when controlling for biophysical and geographical
variables (including rainfall, productivity of agricultural lands, topography/temperature, and …

Introduction Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 calls for reducing mortality of children
under-five years by two-thirds by 2015. Indonesia is on track to officially meet the MDG 4 …

Indonesia still faces several challenges in the areas of water, sanitation, and hygiene
(WASH). Diarrhea remains a major killer of children and it is important to understand the …

This book brings together experts from around the world to explore how sanitation affected
our ancestors. By its end, readers will realise that toilets were in use in ancient Mesopotamia …

Introduction The global human population is still growing such that our collective enterprise
is driving environmental catastrophe. Despite a decline in average population growth rate …

People living in slums can be considered left behind with regard to national successes in
achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The objective of this study was to …

Objective The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of acute malnutrition and
associated factors in South Wollo zone, East Amhara, Northeast Ethiopia. Design A …