Integration of water, sanitation, and hygiene for the prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases: a rationale for inter-sectoral collaboration.
Improvements of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure and appropriate health-seeking behavior are necessary for achieving sustained control, elimination, or eradication of many neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Indeed, the global strategies to fight NTDs include provision of WASH, b...
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| author | Matthew C Freeman Stephanie Ogden Julie Jacobson Daniel Abbott David G Addiss Asrat G Amnie Colin Beckwith Sandy Cairncross Rafael Callejas Jack M Colford Paul M Emerson Alan Fenwick Rebecca Fishman Kerry Gallo Jack Grimes Gagik Karapetyan Brooks Keene Patrick J Lammie Chad Macarthur Peter Lochery Helen Petach Jennifer Platt Sarina Prabasi Jan Willem Rosenboom Sharon Roy Darren Saywell Lisa Schechtman Anupama Tantri Yael Velleman Jürg Utzinger |
| author_facet | Matthew C Freeman Stephanie Ogden Julie Jacobson Daniel Abbott David G Addiss Asrat G Amnie Colin Beckwith Sandy Cairncross Rafael Callejas Jack M Colford Paul M Emerson Alan Fenwick Rebecca Fishman Kerry Gallo Jack Grimes Gagik Karapetyan Brooks Keene Patrick J Lammie Chad Macarthur Peter Lochery Helen Petach Jennifer Platt Sarina Prabasi Jan Willem Rosenboom Sharon Roy Darren Saywell Lisa Schechtman Anupama Tantri Yael Velleman Jürg Utzinger |
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| description | Improvements of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure and appropriate health-seeking behavior are necessary for achieving sustained control, elimination, or eradication of many neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Indeed, the global strategies to fight NTDs include provision of WASH, but few programs have specific WASH targets and approaches. Collaboration between disease control programs and stakeholders in WASH is a critical next step. A group of stakeholders from the NTD control, child health, and WASH sectors convened in late 2012 to discuss opportunities for, and barriers to, collaboration. The group agreed on a common vision, namely "Disease-free communities that have adequate and equitable access to water and sanitation, and that practice good hygiene." Four key areas of collaboration were identified, including (i) advocacy, policy, and communication; (ii) capacity building and training; (iii) mapping, data collection, and monitoring; and (iv) research. We discuss strategic opportunities and ways forward for enhanced collaboration between the WASH and the NTD sectors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7730b4527bd341fcaa0e43330aee81f42022-12-21T22:53:02ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases1935-27271935-27352013-01-0179e243910.1371/journal.pntd.0002439Integration of water, sanitation, and hygiene for the prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases: a rationale for inter-sectoral collaboration.Matthew C FreemanStephanie OgdenJulie JacobsonDaniel AbbottDavid G AddissAsrat G AmnieColin BeckwithSandy CairncrossRafael CallejasJack M ColfordPaul M EmersonAlan FenwickRebecca FishmanKerry GalloJack GrimesGagik KarapetyanBrooks KeenePatrick J LammieChad MacarthurPeter LocheryHelen PetachJennifer PlattSarina PrabasiJan Willem RosenboomSharon RoyDarren SaywellLisa SchechtmanAnupama TantriYael VellemanJürg UtzingerImprovements of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure and appropriate health-seeking behavior are necessary for achieving sustained control, elimination, or eradication of many neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Indeed, the global strategies to fight NTDs include provision of WASH, but few programs have specific WASH targets and approaches. Collaboration between disease control programs and stakeholders in WASH is a critical next step. A group of stakeholders from the NTD control, child health, and WASH sectors convened in late 2012 to discuss opportunities for, and barriers to, collaboration. The group agreed on a common vision, namely "Disease-free communities that have adequate and equitable access to water and sanitation, and that practice good hygiene." Four key areas of collaboration were identified, including (i) advocacy, policy, and communication; (ii) capacity building and training; (iii) mapping, data collection, and monitoring; and (iv) research. We discuss strategic opportunities and ways forward for enhanced collaboration between the WASH and the NTD sectors.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3784463?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Matthew C Freeman Stephanie Ogden Julie Jacobson Daniel Abbott David G Addiss Asrat G Amnie Colin Beckwith Sandy Cairncross Rafael Callejas Jack M Colford Paul M Emerson Alan Fenwick Rebecca Fishman Kerry Gallo Jack Grimes Gagik Karapetyan Brooks Keene Patrick J Lammie Chad Macarthur Peter Lochery Helen Petach Jennifer Platt Sarina Prabasi Jan Willem Rosenboom Sharon Roy Darren Saywell Lisa Schechtman Anupama Tantri Yael Velleman Jürg Utzinger Integration of water, sanitation, and hygiene for the prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases: a rationale for inter-sectoral collaboration. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
| title | Integration of water, sanitation, and hygiene for the prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases: a rationale for inter-sectoral collaboration. |
| title_full | Integration of water, sanitation, and hygiene for the prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases: a rationale for inter-sectoral collaboration. |
| title_fullStr | Integration of water, sanitation, and hygiene for the prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases: a rationale for inter-sectoral collaboration. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integration of water, sanitation, and hygiene for the prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases: a rationale for inter-sectoral collaboration. |
| title_short | Integration of water, sanitation, and hygiene for the prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases: a rationale for inter-sectoral collaboration. |
| title_sort | integration of water sanitation and hygiene for the prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases a rationale for inter sectoral collaboration |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3784463?pdf=render |
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