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ArticleThe Science of the total environment2024

An environmental evaluation of urine-diverting dry toilets in Hiloweyn Camp, Dollo Ado, Ethiopia.

Travis W Brown, Jennifer L Murphy, Patricia Akers, Molly Patrick, Vincent Hill, Mia Mattioli, Yegerem Tsige, Ahmed Adow, Mohamed Abdirashid, Mohamed Nur Mohamed and 2 more

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Article in The Science of the total environment, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Travis W BrownEmergency Response and Recovery Branch, Division of Global Health Protection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA; Waterborne Disease Prevention Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: lue3@cdc.gov.
Jennifer L MurphyWaterborne Disease Prevention Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Patricia AkersWaterborne Disease Prevention Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Molly PatrickEmergency Response and Recovery Branch, Division of Global Health Protection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Vincent HillWaterborne Disease Prevention Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Mia MattioliWaterborne Disease Prevention Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Yegerem TsigeUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Switzerland.
Ahmed AdowNorwegian Refugee Council, Norway.
Mohamed AbdirashidNorwegian Refugee Council, Norway.
Mohamed Nur MohamedNorwegian Refugee Council, Norway.
David GithiriUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Switzerland.
Thomas HandzelEmergency Response and Recovery Branch, Division of Global Health Protection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · USWaterborne Environmental (United States) · USOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees · CH

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Safe and hygienic management of human waste is essential in humanitarian settings. Urine-diverting dry toilets (UDDTs) can enable this management in some humanitarian emergency settings. A seeded, longitudinal environmental study was conducted in Hiloweyn refugee camp, Dollo Ado, Ethiopia, to measure Escherichia coli and Ascaris suum ova inactivation within closed UDDT vaults and to document environmental conditions (temperature, moisture content, and pH) that could influence inactivation. Hiloweyn camp represented an optimal location for a desiccation-based sanitation technology such as the UDDT. E. coli and Ascaris ova inactivation was observed in UDDTs under warm, dry, alkaline conditions at 6, 9, and 12 months of storage; UDDTs with samples containing <1000 E. coli/g total solids increased from 30 % to 95 % over 12 months, and a >2.8-log

Indexed as

Bathroom EquipmentEscherichia coliOxidesAnimalsAscarisCalcium CompoundsEthiopiaHumansCalcium CompoundslimeOxidesAscaris ovaE. coliHumanitarian emergenciesPathogen inactivationSanitationUrine-diverting dry toilets

Identifiers

PMID38518820
PMCPMC13047511
OpenAlexW4392980103

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