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Environmental Health News, Georgia Southern University

Environmental Health News (2012-2018)

• Georgia Southern Examines the Impact of Tides on Microbial Water Quality

Health Policy & Management News, Georgia Southern University

Health Policy & Management Department News (2011-2018)

• Georgia Southern Examines Water Quality and Perception of Risk

Environmental Health News, Georgia Southern University

Environmental Health News (2012-2018)

• Georgia Southern Wins Best Presentation Award
• Georgia Southern Examines Water Quality and Perception of Risk

Environmental Health News, Georgia Southern University

Environmental Health News (2012-2018)

• Georgia Southern Examines Coliphage as a Quality Indicator of Beach Water
• Georgia Southern Reviews Tick-, Flea-, and Louse-Borne Diseases in Nigeria

Health Policy & Management News, Georgia Southern University

Health Policy & Management Department News (2011-2018)

• Georgia Southern Examines Coliphage as a Quality Indicator of Beach Water

Environmental Health News, Georgia Southern University

Environmental Health News (2012-2018)

• Persistence of Enteric Markers in Sewage Polluted Water

Modeling The Effect Of Water, Sanitation, And Hygiene And Oral Cholera Vaccine Implementation In Haiti, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, David L. Fitter, Rebekah H. Borse, Martin I. Meltzer, Jordan W. Tappero

Isaac Chun-Hai Fung

In 2010, toxigenic Vibrio cholerae was newly introduced to Haiti. Because resources are limited, decisionmakers need to understand the effect of different preventive interventions. We built a static model to estimate the potential number of cholera cases averted through improvements in coverage in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) (i.e., latrines, point-of-use chlorination, and piped water), oral cholera vaccine (OCV), or a combination of both. We allowed indirect effects and non-linear relationships between effect and population coverage. Because there are limited incidence data for endemic cholera in Haiti, we estimated the incidence of cholera over 20 years in Haiti by using …

Water, Sanitation And Hygiene For The Prevention Of Diarrhoea, Sandy Cairncross, Caroline Hunt, Sophie Boisson, Kristof Bostoen, Val Curtis, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, Wolf-Peter Schmidt

Isaac Chun-Hai Fung

Background: Ever since John Snow's intervention on the Broad St pump, the effect of water quality, hygiene and sanitation in preventing diarrhoea deaths has always been debated. The evidence identified in previous reviews is of variable quality, and mostly relates to morbidity rather than mortality.
Methods: We drew on three systematic reviews, two of them for the Cochrane Collaboration, focussed on the effect of handwashing with soap on diarrhoea, of water quality improvement and of excreta disposal, respectively. The estimated effect on diarrhoea mortality was determined by applying the rules adopted for this supplement, where appropriate.
Results: The striking effect …