ReviewEnvironmental health insights2021
COVID-19 Pandemic and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene: Impacts, Challenges, and Mitigation Strategies.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 67 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene for Urban Poor in Low- and Middle-Income Countries during the COVID-19 Pandemic through a Gendered Lens.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Water, sanitation, and hygiene challenges in last-mile artisanal mining communities in Ghana and Uganda.Dialogues in health · 2025Article
- Forecasting COVID-19 inpatient mortality using fundamental parameters in resource-constrained settings: a countrywide multi-center cohort study.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Understanding the drivers of poor infection prevention control (IPC) practices in Kenyan health facilities: An interdisciplinary study.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Factors associated with death from COVID-19 in traditional peoples and communities in Brazil.PloS one · 2025Article
- Assessing Rural Communities in Central and East Africa: How to Provide Clean Water and Sanitation by 2030.Environmental health insights · 2025Article
- The present value of human life losses associated with COVID-19 and likely productivity losses averted through COVID-19 vaccination in Madagascar.BMC public health · 2024Article
- HIV in Eswatini: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies.Current tropical medicine reports · 2024Article
- Assessment of immunopathological responses of a novel non-chemical biocide in C57BL/6 for safe disinfection usage.Laboratory animal research · 2024Article
- The effects of public health and social measures (PHSM) implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic: An overview of systematic reviews.Cochrane evidence synthesis and methods · 2024Review
- [We must not remain blind to equity: lessons to be learned from the COVID-19 pandemic in the AmericasDeixar de ignorar a equidade: lições a aprender com a pandemia de COVID-19 nas Américas].Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2024Article
- Access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services and drinking water contamination risk levels in households of Bishoftu Town, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Assessing health impact of COVID-19 and associated household socioeconomic factors in Papua New Guinea: evidence from the Comprehensive Health and Epidemiological Surveillance System.BMJ public health · 2023Article
- Preventive Measures among Healthcare Workers (HCWs) during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Is Benin on track to reach universal household coverage of basic water, sanitation and hygiene services by 2030?PloS one · 2023Article
- A Statistical Investigation into the COVID-19 Outbreak Spread.Environmental health insights · 2023Article
- COVID-19 and household water insecurities in vulnerable communities in the Mekong Region.Environment, development and sustainability · 2023Article
- Nonthermal Biocompatible Plasma Inactivation of Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2: Prospects for Future Antiviral Applications.Viruses · 2022Review
- Water, sanitation, hygiene practices, health and nutritional status among children before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal evidence from remote areas of Dailekh and Achham districts in Nepal.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 exposure in Malawian infants between February 2020 and May 2021.Journal of clinical virology plus · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn order to protect public health during the outbreaks of infectious diseases including the pandemic COVID-19, provision of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services is important. The challenges of inaccessible WASH services along with the pandemic COVID-19 in low-income countries can lead to a devastating problem.
methodA systematic search of published articles was identified using PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar, on relevant studies of COVID-19 and WASH services. Published articles were identified using abstracts and titles of the articles, followed by assessed for eligibility, and screening of the full text reports of relevant studies.
resultsElectronic database search identified 798 articles from which 28 full text articles were included in the systematic review. A lack of access to WASH services in households, schools, health care facilities, and other public spaces were the main identified COVID-19 related public health risks. A lack of adequate data and financial shortages were the challenges for mitigating the problems of COVI-19 and WASH services.
conclusionThis systematical review identified the impacts and challenges of COVID-19 in the provision of WASH services. The results implied that COVID-19 has significant impacts on WASH services that can affect the health of the public. Therefore, strengthening and ensuring access to WASH services are important for preventing COVID-19 and realizing human rights. Community engagement also can be used to support for prevention and control of COVID-19. Countries need to be expand their investment in WASH services as an important mechanism for mitigating COVID-19.
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