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h-index: 48
Works: 234
Citations: 11K

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Effectiveness of interventions to improve drinking water, sanitation, and handwashing with soap on risk of diarrhoeal disease in children in low-income and middle-income settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis
J. Wolf, Sydney Hubbard, Michael Brauer, A. Ambelu +17 more
2022The Lancet302 citations Open access
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Burden of disease attributable to unsafe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene in domestic settings: a global analysis for selected adverse health outcomes
J. Wolf, R. Johnston, A. Ambelu, B. Arnold +17 more
2023The Lancet257 citations Open access
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Biosecurity and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions in animal agricultural settings for reducing infection burden, antibiotic use, and antibiotic resistance: a One Health systematic review.
Chris E. Pinto Jimenez, S. Keestra, P. Tandon, O. Cumming +3 more
2023Lancet Planetary Health92 citations Open access
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Effectiveness of handwashing with soap for preventing acute respiratory infections in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
I. Ross, Sarah Bick, P. Ayieko, R. Dreibelbis +5 more
2023The Lancet86 citations Open access
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The effects of racism, social exclusion, and discrimination on achieving universal safe water and sanitation in high-income countries.
Joe Brown, C. Acey, C. Anthonj, D. Barrington +13 more
2023Lancet Global Health71 citations Open access
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Evaluating the relationship between community water and sanitation access and the global burden of antibiotic resistance: an ecological study
E. Fuhrmeister, A. Harvey, M. Nadimpalli, K. Gallandat +14 more
2023The Lancet Microbe60 citations Open access
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Recommendations for hand hygiene in community settings: a scoping review of current international guidelines
C. MacLeod, Laura Braun, B. Caruso, C. Chase +7 more
2023BMJ Open40 citations Open access
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Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH): the evolution of a global health and development sector
Sara de Wit, Euphrasia Luseka, David J. Bradley, Joe Brown +9 more
2024BMJ Global Health39 citations Open access
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The effectiveness of hand hygiene interventions for preventing community transmission or acquisition of novel coronavirus or influenza infections: a systematic review
Lucyna Gozdzielewska, C. Kilpatrick, J. Reilly, S. Stewart +5 more
2022BMC Public Health32 citations Open access
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Unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene: a persistent health burden
B. Gordon, S. Boisson, Richard Johnston, David Trouba +1 more
2023Bulletin of the World Health Organization25 citations Open access
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Rainfall and Temperature Influences on Childhood Diarrhea and the Effect Modification Role of Water and Sanitation Conditions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Gorfu Geremew, O. Cumming, A. Haddis, Matthew C. Freeman +1 more
2024International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health24 citations Open access
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Impact of a school-based water and hygiene intervention on child health and school attendance in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cluster-randomised controlled trial
Sarah Bick, Alem Ezezew, C. Opondo, Baptiste Leurent +5 more
2024BMC Medicine20 citations Open access
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Systematic re-review of WASH trials to assess women’s engagement in intervention delivery and research activities
B. A. Caruso, A. Ballard, J. Sobolik, M. Patrick +5 more
2024Nature Water20 citations Open access
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Effects of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions on detection of enteropathogens and host-specific faecal markers in the environment: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis
A. Mertens, B. Arnold, J. Benjamin-Chung, A. Boehm +23 more
2023Lancet Planetary Health19 citations Open access
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Behaviour change interventions to improve household sanitation and hygiene practices in urban settings: A systematic scoping review.
Clara MacLeod, K. Davies, M. Mwenge, J. Chipungu +2 more
2025International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health18 citations Open access
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One Health WASH: an AMR-smart integrative approach to preventing and controlling infection in farming communities
Chris E. Pinto Jimenez, Sarai M. Keestra, P. Tandon, A. Pickering +3 more
2023BMJ Global Health18 citations Open access
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A multi-country, prospective cohort study to measure rate and risk of relapse among children recovered from severe acute malnutrition in Mali, Somalia, and South Sudan: a study protocol
S. King, L. D'Mello-Guyett, Ellyn Yakowenko, B. Riems +10 more
2022BMC Nutrition18 citations Open access
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Rates and risk factors for relapse among children recovered from severe acute malnutrition in Mali, South Sudan, and Somalia: a prospective cohort study.
S. King, A. Marshak, L. D'Mello-Guyett, Ellyn Yakowenko +14 more
2025Lancet Global Health16 citations Open access
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Determinants of Willingness to Pay for Fecal Sludge Management Services and Knowledge Gaps: A Scoping Review
Hiroaki Tomoi, Clara MacLeod, T. Moriyasu, S. Simiyu +3 more
2024Environmental Science and Technology16 citations Open access
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Effect of a novel hygiene intervention on older children's handwashing in a humanitarian setting in Kahda district, Somalia: A cluster-randomised controlled equivalence trial.
J. Watson, MA Amon-Tanoh, C. Deola, Mohamed Abdi Haji +5 more
2023International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health16 citations Open access
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Environmental and behavioural exposure pathways associated with diarrhoea and enteric pathogen detection in 5-month-old, periurban Kenyan infants: a cross-sectional study
Kelly K Baker, J. Mumma, S. Simiyu, D. Sewell +5 more
2022BMJ Open16 citations Open access
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Milk Product Safety and Household Food Hygiene Influence Bacterial Contamination of Infant Food in Peri-Urban Kenya
V. Hoffmann, S. Simiyu, D. Sewell, K. Tsai +3 more
2022Frontiers in Public Health15 citations Open access
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Epidemiology of antimicrobial resistant diarrheagenic Escherichia coli pathotypes from children, livestock and food in Dagoretti South, Nairobi Kenya.
N. Okumu, D. Muloi, Arshnee Moodley, L. Ochieng +5 more
2024International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents14 citations Open access
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Is detection of enteropathogens and human or animal faecal markers in the environment associated with subsequent child enteric infections and growth: an individual participant data meta-analysis
A. Mertens, B. Arnold, J. Benjamin-Chung, Alexandria B. Boehm +23 more
2024Lancet Global Health13 citations Open access
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A fuzzy inference-based index for piped water supply service quality in a complex, low-income urban setting.
Marie Gaiffe, Camille Dross, Espoir Bwenge Malembaka, I. Ross +2 more
2023Water Research13 citations Open access
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Impact of a sanitation intervention on quality of life and mental well-being in low-income urban neighbourhoods of Maputo, Mozambique: an observational study
I. Ross, G. Greco, Zaida Adriano, R. Nalá +3 more
2022BMJ Open13 citations Open access
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Behavioural factors influencing hand hygiene practices across domestic, institutional and public community settings: a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis
B. A. Caruso, J. S. Snyder, L. A. O’Brien, E. LaFon +9 more
2025BMJ Global Health12 citations Open access
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Simplified sewerage to prevent urban leptospirosis transmission: a cluster non-randomised controlled trial protocol in disadvantaged urban communities of Salvador, Brazil
C. Cremonese, F. N. Souza, F. Palma, Jonatas Fernandes Araújo Sodré +20 more
2023BMJ Open12 citations Open access
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Validity and reliability of the Sanitation-related Quality of Life index (SanQoL-5) in six countries
Fouzia Akter, Neiva Banze, I. Capitine, K. Chidziwisano +15 more
2025Nature Water11 citations Open access
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Effectiveness of one dose of killed oral cholera vaccine in an endemic community in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a matched case-control study
E. B. Malembaka, P. M. Bugeme, C. Hutchins, Han-Meng Xu +23 more
2024Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)11 citations Open access
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How can global guidelines support sustainable hygiene systems?
Joanna Esteves Mills, Ann Thomas, N. Abdalla, Rola Al-Emam +44 more
2023BMJ Global Health11 citations Open access
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Antimicrobial resistance in community-acquired enteric pathogens among children aged ≤ 10-years in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
N. Okumu, D. Muloi, Arshnee Moodley, J. Watson +8 more
2025Frontiers in Microbiology10 citations Open access
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Sanitation in urban areas may limit the spread of antimicrobial resistance via flies
D. Capone, O. Cumming, Abeoseh Flemister, Victor Ilevbare +5 more
2024PLoS ONE10 citations Open access
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Risk factors for diarrheagenic Escherichia coli infection in children aged 6–24 months in peri-urban community, Nairobi, Kenya
N. Okumu, J. Ngeranwa, D. Muloi, Linnet Ochien'g +8 more
2023PLOS Global Public Health10 citations Open access
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Risk factors for early childhood growth faltering in rural Cambodia: a cross-sectional study
A. Lai, Irene Vélez, R. Ambikapathi, K. Seng +2 more
2022BMJ Open10 citations Open access
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Bacteroides Microbial Source Tracking Markers Perform Poorly in Predicting Enterobacteriaceae and Enteric Pathogen Contamination of Cow Milk Products and Milk-Containing Infant Food
K. Tsai, V. Hoffmann, S. Simiyu, O. Cumming +2 more
2022Frontiers in Microbiology10 citations Open access
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Interventions to improve hand hygiene in community settings: a systematic review of theories, barriers and enablers, behaviour change techniques and hand hygiene station design features
S. K. Prasad, J. S. Snyder, E. LaFon, L. A. O’Brien +7 more
2025BMJ Global Health9 citations Open access
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Barriers and enablers for group-based manual emptying services for onsite sanitation facilities in Nairobi, Kenya: a qualitative study.
Hiroaki Tomoi, B. Ingumba, S. Simiyu, Evelyne Otteng +5 more
2025International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health9 citations Open access
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The impact of community based interventions for the prevention and control of soil-transmitted helminths: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Sommy C. Ugwu, M. Muoka, Clara MacLeod, Sarah Bick +2 more
2024PLOS Global Public Health9 citations Open access
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Improved water supply infrastructure to reduce acute diarrhoeal diseases and cholera in Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Results and lessons learned from a pragmatic trial
K. Gallandat, A. Macdougall, A. Jeandron, Jaime Mufitini Saidi +7 more
2024PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases9 citations Open access
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Effectiveness of one dose of killed oral cholera vaccine in an endemic community in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A matched case-control study
E. B. Malembaka, P. M. Bugeme, C. Hutchins, H. Xu +22 more
2023medRxiv9 citations Open access
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Efficacy and effectiveness of hand hygiene-related practices used in community settings for removal of organisms from hands: a systematic review
S. P. Hilton, N. An, L. A. O’Brien, J. S. Snyder +7 more
2025BMJ Global Health8 citations Open access
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Effectiveness of measures taken by governments to support hand hygiene in community settings: a systematic review
J. S. Snyder, Erika Canda, J. Honeycutt, L. A. O’Brien +7 more
2025BMJ Global Health8 citations Open access
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Research priorities for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in humanitarian crises: A global prioritisation exercise
L. D'Mello-Guyett, Camille Heylen, Elsa Rohm, Jane Falconer +5 more
2024PLOS Water8 citations Open access
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Long-term impacts of an urban sanitation intervention on enteric pathogens in children in Maputo city, Mozambique: study protocol for a cross-sectional follow-up to the Maputo Sanitation (MapSan) trial 5 years postintervention
David A. Holcomb, V. Monteiro, D. Capone, V. António +14 more
2023BMJ Open8 citations Open access
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Associations between Shared Sanitation, Stunting and Diarrhoea in Low-Income, High Density Urban Neighbourhoods of Maputo, Mozambique - a Cross-Sectional Study
L. Braun, A. Macdougall, T. Sumner, Zaida Adriano +5 more
2024Maternal and Child Health Journal7 citations Open access
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Synthesising the evidence for effective hand hygiene in community settings: an integrated protocol for multiple related systematic reviews
B. A. Caruso, Jedidiah S. Snyder, O. Cumming, Joanna Esteves Mills +4 more
2023BMJ Open7 citations Open access
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Minimum material requirements for hand hygiene in community settings: a systematic review
L. A. O’Brien, K. Files, J. S. Snyder, H. Rogers +6 more
2025BMJ Global Health6 citations Open access
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Household‐level water, sanitation and hygiene factors and interventions and the prevention of relapse after severe acute malnutrition recovery: A systematic review
Clara MacLeod, Laure Ngabirano, D. S. N'Diaye, L. Braun +1 more
2024Maternal and Child Nutrition6 citations Open access
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Effectiveness of domestic food hygiene interventions on the microbiological quality of child food and childhood diarrhoea: a systematic review and meta-analysis
L. Braun, Clara MacLeod, J. Wells, J. Chipungu +8 more
2026BMJ Global Health5 citations
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