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ArticleJournal of water and health2025

WASH for everyone, everywhere: marketplaces as a multiplex pathway for improving inclusive access to water, sanitation, and hygiene in Vanuatu.

Krishna Kumar Kotra, Regina T Souter, Heather Molitambe, Mark Love

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Article in Journal of water and health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Krishna Kumar KotraSchool of Agriculture, Geography, Environment, Ocean and Natural Sciences (SAGEONS), The University of the South Pacific, Emalus Campus, Port Vila, Vanuatu E-mail: krishna.kotra@usp.ac.fj.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2140-7163
Regina T SouterInternational Water Centre, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3335-5441
Heather MolitambeSchool of Agriculture, Geography, Environment, Ocean and Natural Sciences (SAGEONS), The University of the South Pacific, Emalus Campus, Port Vila, Vanuatu.
Mark LoveInternational Water Centre, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia.

Funding

Water for Women, DFAT
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for access to safe WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) practices, especially in non-household settings. This study examined the COVID response measures and WASH infrastructure and services situation in and around 14 marketplaces in three provinces in the Republic of Vanuatu during the pandemic. A total of 144 surveys and 42 interviews were undertaken with market stakeholders and government officials, including structured observations. 93% of the vendors were women, with 43% forced to change their product during COVID. 56% of vendors brought their own water containers, 40% of whom shared them with family; 16% of vendors had visible soap at their stalls. Rural market vendors were less likely to follow or observe protective measures. Six of seven rainwater tanks at markets tested positive for

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COVID-19HygieneSanitationWater SupplyCommerceFemaleHumansMaleSARS-CoV-2Surveys and QuestionnairesVanuatuCOVID-19marketplacesnon-household settingssanitation and hygiene (WASH)Vanuatuwater

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