From Joint Thinking to Joint Action: A Call to Action on Improving Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene for Maternal and Newborn Health

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Velleman, Yael ^a   Mason, Elizabeth ^b   Graham, Wendy ^c,d,e   Benova, Lenka ^c   Chopra, Mickey ^f   Campbell, Oona M R ^c   Gordon, Bruce ^g   Wijesekera, Sanjay ^f   Hounton, Sennen ^h   Esteves Mills, Joanna ^c   Curtis, Val ^c   Afsana, Kaosar ⁱ   Boisson, Sophie ^g   Magoma, Moke ^j   Cairncross, Sandy ^c   Cumming, Oliver ^c  

^a WATERAID   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e The SoapBox Collaborative   (United Kingdom)

^f UNICEF   (United States)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

ⁱ BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^j Evidence for Action (E4A) Bugando Consultant Teaching Hospital   (Tanzania)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEANING; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN CARE; SANITATION; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; HYGIENE; NEWBORN; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER;

HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT, NEWBORN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84920964678     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001771     Document Type: Article

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