Understanding and confronting cultural complexities characterizing water, sanitation and hygiene in Sub-Saharan Africa

Water International

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 921-932

  Akpabio, Emmanuel M ^a,b   Takara, Kaoru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

challenges; cultural complexities; improvements; Sub Saharan Africa; WASH; water, sanitation and hygiene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919848295     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2015.981782     Document Type: Article

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