Background: Stunting, a form of malnutrition characterized by impaired linear growth in the
first two years of life, affects one quarter of children globally. While nutritional status remains …

In 2017, an estimated 1 in every 4 (23%) children aged< 5 years were stunted worldwide.
With slow progress in stunting reduction in many regions and the realization that a large …

Background Environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) is commonly defined as an acquired
subclinical disorder of the small intestine, characterized by villous atrophy and crypt …

Fecal-oral pathogens are transmitted through complex, environmentally mediated pathways.
Sanitation interventions that isolate human feces from the environment may reduce …

In 2011, one in every four (26%) children under 5 years of age worldwide was stunted. The
realization that most stunting cannot be explained by poor diet or by diarrhoea, nor …

Linear growth delay (stunting) affects roughly 155 million children under the age of 5 years
worldwide. Treatment has been limited by a lack of understanding of the underlying …

Background Environmental enteropathy (EE), the adverse impact of frequent and numerous
enteric infections on the gut resulting in a state of persistent immune activation and altered …

Achieving sustainable production of eggs by family poultry production systems that meet
both environmental health and welfare standards is a complex endeavour. Humans have …

Environmental enteropathy/Environmental enteric dysfunction (EE/EED) is a chronic disease
of small intestine characterized by gut inflammation and barrier disruption, malabsorption …

Although strategic thinking on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) has prioritized
reducing exposure to human feces in order to limit diarrheal infections, recent research …