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ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2022

An assessment of the health risks associated with shared sanitation: a case study of the community ablution blocks in Durban, South Africa.

Preshod S Ramlal, Johnson Lin, Christopher A Buckley, Thor Axel Stenström, Isaac D Amoah

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Article in Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Preshod S RamlaleThekwini Municipality Health Department, 9 Archie Gumede Place, 4001, Durban, South Africa. preshramlal@gmail.com.
Johnson LinSchool of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, 4001, Durban, South Africa.
Christopher A BuckleyWASH Research and Development Centre, University of KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, 4001, Durban, South Africa.
Thor Axel StenströmInstitute for Water and Wastewater Technology, Durban University of Technology, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Isaac D AmoahInstitute for Water and Wastewater Technology, Durban University of Technology, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.

Funding

Water Research Commission of South Africa K5/2896//3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Shared sanitation facilities have been hailed as an innovative approach to solve the challenge with sanitation access. However, these facilities may act as hotspots for disease transmission due to unhygienic conditions. In this study we used quantitative (based on Escherichia coli contamination) techniques to assess the health risks associated with the use of community ablution blocks (CABs). The most contaminated surfaces were the cistern handle (5.7 Log

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Escherichia coliSanitationEnvironmental MonitoringEscherichia coli InfectionsHumansRisk AssessmentSouth AfricaCommunity ablution blocksMicrobial health risksQuantitative microbial risk assessmentRisk reductionShared sanitation

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PMID35142880
PMCPMC9035208

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