Water, sanitation and hygiene conditions in kenyan rural schools: Are schools meeting the needs of menstruating girls?

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1453-1466

  Alexander, Kelly T ^a   Oduor, Clifford ^b   Nyothach, Elizabeth ^b   Laserson, Kayla F ^b,c   Amek, Nyaguara ^b   Eleveld, Alie ^d   Mason, Linda ^a   Rheingans, Richard ^e   Beynon, Caryl ^f   Mohammed, Aisha ^g   Ombok, Maurice ^b   Obor, David ^b   Odhiambo, Frank ^b   Quick, Robert ^h   Phillips Howard, Penelope A ^a,b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Global Health The Centre for African Studies University of Florida ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g Kenya Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Children; Education; Kenya; Menstruation; NGOs; School; Water sanitation and hygiene

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; SANITATION;

AFRICA; CHILDREN; KENYA; MENSTRUATION; NGOS; SCHOOL; WATER SANITATION;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; HYGIENE; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SANITATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WOMENS HEALTH;

KENYA;

EID: 84901983058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w6051453     Document Type: Article

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