Contamination of herbal medicinal products in low-and-middle-income countries: A systematic review

KFM Opuni, JP Kretchy, K Agyabeng, JA Boadu… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
The use of herbal medicinal products (HMPs) has grown significantly across low-and-middle-
income countries (LMICs). Consequently, the safety of these products due to contamination …

[HTML][HTML] Enduring pathogenicity of African strains of Salmonella on plastics and glass in simulated peri-urban environmental waste piles

MJ Ormsby, HL White, R Metcalf, DM Oliver… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
In low-and middle-income countries, plastic has become a major constituent of landfills and
urban dump sites. Environmental plastic pollution can also provide a novel surface for the …

[HTML][HTML] The plastisphere can protect salmonella typhimurium from UV stress under simulated environmental conditions

MJ Ormsby, L Woodford, HL White, R Fellows… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Plastic waste is found with increasing frequency in the environment, in low-and middle-
income countries. Plastic pollution has increased concurrently with both economic …

[HTML][HTML] Urban waste piles are reservoirs for human pathogenic bacteria with high levels of multidrug resistance against last resort antibiotics: A comprehensive …

M Mphasa, MJ Ormsby, T Mwapasa, P Nambala… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2025 - Elsevier
Inadequate waste management and poor sanitation practices in Low-and Middle-Income
Countries (LMICs) leads to waste accumulation in urban and peri-urban residential areas …

The incidence, intensity, and risk factors for soil transmissible helminthes infections among waste handlers in a large coastal periurban settlement in Southern Ghana

JP Kretchy, M Dzodzomenyo, I Ayi… - … of environmental and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Soil‐transmissible helminthes (STH) infections are among the most common sanitation‐
related public health problems in poor periurban settlements of tropical regions of low‐and …

Serosurvey of hepatitis A virus and E virus infection among municipal sweepers working in the largest city in the south of Iran

SY Hosseini, N Joharinia, SA Hosseini… - … of Immunoassay and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study was conducted to determine the exposure rate of Hepatitis A and Hepatitis E
viruses in urban solid waste collectors/sweepers in the south of Iran. The 385 samples …

[HTML][HTML] Soil-transmissible helminths infections; diagnosis, transmission dynamics, and disease management strategies in low-and middle-income countries

JP Kretchy - Parasitic Helminths and Zoonoses-From Basic to …, 2022 - intechopen.com
Soil-transmissible helminths (STHs) infections are the most common sanitation-related
public health problems among people living in poor settlements of tropical and sub-tropical …

Architecture, Sanitation and COVID-19: Design Interventions in Resource-Limited Settings (Accra, Ghana)

D Iossifova, J Baker, H Byrom, J Gao, ZH Law… - … and sustainability in the …, 2022 - Springer
Architectural design is at the heart of most (urban) transformation. However, architects have
long abdicated from engaging with and progressing the design of the bathroom as the locus …

[PDF][PDF] Research Article The Incidence, Intensity, and Risk Factors for Soil Transmissible Helminthes Infections among Waste Handlers in a Large Coastal Periurban …

JP Kretchy, M Dzodzomenyo, I Ayi, D Dwomoh… - 2021 - academia.edu
1. Background Soil-transmissible helminthes (STH) infections are among the most common
global health problems associated with poor sanitation and lack of personal hygiene …

[PDF][PDF] Serosurvey of hepatitis A virus and E virus infection among municipal sweepers working in the largest city in the south of Iran

J Sarvari, SY Hosseini, N Joharinia, SA Hosseini… - 2021 - academia.edu
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largest city in the south of Iran Page 1 Page 1/12 Serosurvey of hepatitis A virus and E virus …