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Katherine Davies @katherinedavies.bsky.social · Aug 12

💡Takeaway: both design and price matter! Manufacturers should continue to iterate on HWF designs with emphasis on reducing costs.

🙌 Thanks to co-authors Katayi Mwila-Kazimbaya, Mwamba Mwenge, Elisabeth Tadiri, Jenala Chipungu, @rdreibe.bsky.social

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Katherine Davies @katherinedavies.bsky.social · Aug 12

🚰 Our paper is out in PLOS Water!

“Understanding end-user preferences for hand hygiene enabling technologies: A mixed-methods study in peri-urban Lusaka, Zambia”

📄 Read here:
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Results 👇

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Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social · Jul 24

This work was a collaborative work with @oficialfiocruz.bsky.social and the Institute of Collective Health at the Federal University of Bahia (Brazil)

Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social · Jul 24

New paper out in @plosglobalpublichealth.org from EHG PhD student @elliedelight.bsky.social exploring how gender, perceptions of disease severity, and behaviours shape zoonotic spillover risk in urban Brazil.

See below! 👇

Ellie Delight @elliedelight.bsky.social · Jul 24

Excited to share our new research exploring gender and environmental health in four flood-prone communities in Salvador, Brazil. The study examines exposure pathways to leptospirosis through perceptions of disease and high-risk behaviours, using a sex-disaggregated and causally informed approach.

Gender differences in Leptospira exposure risk, perceptions of disease severity, and high-risk behaviours in Salvador, Brazil: A cross-sectional study

Vulnerability to climate hazards and infectious diseases is not gender-neutral, meaning that men, women, and other gender identities experience different risks. Leptospirosis is a zoonotic climate-sen...

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Ellie Delight @elliedelight.bsky.social · Jul 24

Excited to share our new research exploring gender and environmental health in four flood-prone communities in Salvador, Brazil. The study examines exposure pathways to leptospirosis through perceptions of disease and high-risk behaviours, using a sex-disaggregated and causally informed approach.

Gender differences in Leptospira exposure risk, perceptions of disease severity, and high-risk behaviours in Salvador, Brazil: A cross-sectional study

Vulnerability to climate hazards and infectious diseases is not gender-neutral, meaning that men, women, and other gender identities experience different risks. Leptospirosis is a zoonotic climate-sen...

journals.plos.org

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Jackie Knee @jackieknee.bsky.social · Jul 17

Pools are a great way to cool off and get exercise.

While the benefits often outweigh the risks, pools have been linked to outbreaks of GI illness. Crypto is a common culprit given how long it can hang out in chlorinated water. Read more below!

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · Jul 17

How hygienic are public swimming pools really?

In BBC Future, @jackieknee.bsky.social discusses waterborne infectious disease outbreaks & the presence of bacteria & #parasites in swimming pools like #cryptosporidium, which is tolerant to chlorine.

www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

Parasites and Staphylococcus: How hygienic are public swimming pools really?

From tropical parasites to bacterial pathogens, here's what else might be swimming in the water.

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Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social · Jul 7

Shaping climate & planetary health: EHG member @laurabraun.bsky.social joins the new CCCPH steering committee! www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

The Centre on Climate Change & Planetary Health welcomes a new Steering

The Centre on Climate Change & Planetary Health welcomes a new Steering Committee | LSHTM

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · Jun 17

Great morning spent with CONDER officials and collaborators at UFBA’s Institute of Collective Health, reviewing progress on the intervention we're evaluating for our project: ‘Simplified sewerage to interrupt multiple transmission pathways of environmental and zoonotic diseases in urban communities’

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Max Eyre @maxeyre.bsky.social · Jun 16

Excellent presentation today by @elliedelight.bsky.social to researchers at the Institute of Collective Health (Federal University of Bahia, Brazil) on her PhD studying vulnerability to environmentally persistent zoonoses ('ZAPs' in Portuguese!) during flooding events.

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Ellie Delight @elliedelight.bsky.social · Jun 13

Excited to share our research! The study explores how data systems and economics can improve pandemic preparedness for climate-sensitive infectious diseases. Our review revealed gaps related to data interoperability and gender considerations, posing challenges to effective and equitable responses.

Gaps and opportunities for data systems and economics to support priority setting for climate-sensitive infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: A rapid scoping review

Climate change alters risks associated with climate-sensitive infectious diseases (CSIDs) with pandemic potential. This poses additional threats to already vulnerable populations, further amplified by...

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Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social · May 19

This work was a collaboration with African Population & Health Research Center, International Livestock Research Institute and Nagasaki University

Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social · May 19

🚨 New EHG publication! 🚽

Manual pit latrine emptying is vital but costly

EHG’s Hiroaki Tomoi, @laurabraun.bsky.social & Oliver Cumming worked with collaborators to identify barriers & enablers to applying a group-based service model to manual emptying

🔍 Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...

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Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social · May 8

In this week's EHG seminar, Prof. Cleber Cremonese (UFBA) presented on an ongoing collaboration with EHG.

The project evaluates how condominial sewerage reduces transmission of zoonoses (e.g. leptospirosis) and arboviruses in marginalised communities in Salvador, Northeast Brazil.

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Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social · May 7

New scoping review out now on water, sanitation and hygiene in schools by @sarahbick.bsky.social et al!

Check out a great explainer of key findings in Sarah's thread below.

Sarah Bick @sarahbick.bsky.social · May 7

👋 Hi Bluesky! Our scoping review of water, sanitation and hygiene in schools is now published in BMJ Global Health

Read on if you’re interested in
🧼 #WASH
🤸‍♀️ #AdolescentHealth
🔍 #EvidenceSynthesis
🎨 #dataviz ??

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WASH and learn: a scoping review of health, education and gender equity outcomes of school-based water, sanitation and hygiene in low-income and middle-income countries

School-age children in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) face health and educational challenges due to inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in schools (WinS). Evidence for the ...

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Sarah Bick @sarahbick.bsky.social · May 7

👋 Hi Bluesky! Our scoping review of water, sanitation and hygiene in schools is now published in BMJ Global Health

Read on if you’re interested in
🧼 #WASH
🤸‍♀️ #AdolescentHealth
🔍 #EvidenceSynthesis
🎨 #dataviz ??

@lshtm-ehg.bsky.social

gh.bmj.com/content/10/5...

WASH and learn: a scoping review of health, education and gender equity outcomes of school-based water, sanitation and hygiene in low-income and middle-income countries

School-age children in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) face health and educational challenges due to inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in schools (WinS). Evidence for the ...

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Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social · May 1

Great to see this Nature Water editorial highlighting the role of water management and nature-based solutions in malaria control, featuring insights from @laurabraun.bsky.social and Jo Lines!

Nature Water @natwater.nature.com · May 1

In our April issue we published an editorial on the importance of water management for #malaria control. Huge thanks to Laura Braun @laurabraun.bsky.social and Jo Lines from @lshtm.bsky.social for their help in writing it
www.nature.com/articles/s44...

The path to defeating malaria passes through water - Nature Water

Malaria prevention and control require long-term investments on many fronts, including the safe management of water resources.

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Jackie Knee @jackieknee.bsky.social · May 1

Don't miss @rdreibe.bsky.social's inaugural lecture today! Congrats, Prof!

Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social · May 1

TODAY at 5:15pm: EHG’s very own Professor Robert Dreibelbis (@rdreibe.bsky.social) will deliver his inaugural lecture: “Everybody Poo(p)s: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Global Health Research.”

You can join in person or online, more details here:
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

See you there!

Everybody poo(p)s: Water, sanitation, and hygiene in global health research with

Safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services are basic human needs and critical for health, but billions of people lack access to safely managed services. Everybody poo(p)s, but the health and

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Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social · May 1

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Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social · May 1

TODAY at 5:15pm: EHG’s very own Professor Robert Dreibelbis (@rdreibe.bsky.social) will deliver his inaugural lecture: “Everybody Poo(p)s: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Global Health Research.”

You can join in person or online, more details here:
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

See you there!

Everybody poo(p)s: Water, sanitation, and hygiene in global health research with

Safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services are basic human needs and critical for health, but billions of people lack access to safely managed services. Everybody poo(p)s, but the health and

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Data & Statistical Science for Health, LSHTM @lshtm-dash.bsky.social · Apr 24

🎙️ Check out our interview with @pmasselot.bsky.social and @maxeyre.bsky.social who discuss their recent seminar series focusing on causal inference in environmental epidemiology

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Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social · Apr 2

Interested in learning more about EHG's work setting up the COVID-19 Hygiene hub with other collaborating networks? Check out www.hygienehub.info/en/covid-19

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Nina Finley @ninafinley.bsky.social · Apr 1

Good morning from the DCD retreat @lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social @jackieknee.bsky.social @lshtm-malaria.bsky.social @maxeyre.bsky.social @laurabraun.bsky.social @rdreibe.bsky.social @mrcunitgambia.bsky.social

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Nina Finley @ninafinley.bsky.social · Apr 1

Bringing the #sketchnotes to Blue Sky! Today’s case studies at the LSHTM Dept of Disease Control retreat. @lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social @lshtm-malaria.bsky.social

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Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social · Apr 2

And more sketches from the DCD retreat, this time representing high-impact research case studies from across the department.

Nina Finley @ninafinley.bsky.social · Apr 1

Bringing the #sketchnotes to Blue Sky! Today’s case studies at the LSHTM Dept of Disease Control retreat. @lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social @lshtm-malaria.bsky.social

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Environmental Health Group (EHG), LSHTM @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social · Apr 2

Amazing live sketching of our Department of Disease Control (DCD) retreat from EHG PhD student @ninafinley.bsky.social from yesterday - providing a visual overview of the groups that make up DCD!

Nina Finley @ninafinley.bsky.social · Apr 1

Good morning from the DCD retreat @lshtm.bsky.social @lshtm-ehg.bsky.social @jackieknee.bsky.social @lshtm-malaria.bsky.social @maxeyre.bsky.social @laurabraun.bsky.social @rdreibe.bsky.social @mrcunitgambia.bsky.social

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