In pursuit of ‘safe’ water: the burden of personal injury from water fetching in 21 low-income and middle-income countries

Introduction Water fetching for household needs can cause injury, but documentation of the burden of harm globally has been limited. We described the frequency, characteristics and correlates of water-fetching injuries in 24 sites in 21 low-income and middle-income countries in Asia, Africa and Lati...

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Main Authors: Sabrina Rasheed, Sera L Young, Zeina Jamaluddine, Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez, Amber Wutich, Ellis Adams, Mallika Alexander, Mobolanle Balogun, Genny Carrillo, Kelly Chapman, Stroma Cole, Hassan Eini-zinab, Jorge Escobar-vargas, Hala Ghattas, Ashley Hagaman, Kenneth Maes, Jyoti Mathad, Javier Moran, Nasrin Omidvar, Luisa Samayoa-figueroa, Sonali Srivastava, Chad Staddon, Andrea Sullivan, Yihenew Tesfaye, Alex Trowell, Desire Tshala-katumbay, Raymond Tutu, Justin Stoler, Alexandra Brewis, Divya Krishnakumar, Jonathan Maupin, Vidya Venkataramanan, Jo-Anne L Geere, Benjamin Thomae, Paul R Hunter, Jam Farooq Ahmed, Michael J. Boivin, Shalean M. Collins, Matthew C. Freeman, Monet Ghorbani, Wendy E. Jepson, Joshua D. Miller, Milton Marin Morales, Patrick M. Owuor, Asher Y. Rosinger, Marianne V. Santoso, Roseanne C. Schuster, Mahdieh Sheikhi, Nathaly Triviño
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:BMJ Global Health
Online Access:https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/10/e003328.full