Publications by authors named "R Sindall"
Introduction: Unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) causes millions of deaths and disability-adjusted life-years annually. Despite global progress towards universal WASH, much of WASH programming continues to fail to improve health outcomes or be sustainable in the longer term, consistently falling short of internal performance indicators and sometimes negatively impacting the well-being of local stakeholders. Although sector experts in high-income countries have often provided explanations for such failures, the opinions of those implementing WASH programming at the ground level are rarely published.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The purpose of this study was to document, understand, and communicate the daily activities and associated risks faced by artisanal fishers working on Lake Victoria, Tanzania, in order to identify opportunities for intervention design.
Methods: Established human-centered design techniques were combined with drowning risk analysis to create a process that visually captured and analyzed the risks to fishers in two lakeside communities engaged in long-line fishing (mostly by day) and net fishing at night.
Results: Two visual journey risk maps were developed.
Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) calls for sustainable urban sanitation services for all, but the definitions of "inclusion" and "sustainability" within the framework leave room for interpretation. This study aims to provide an initial understanding of how these terms are currently interpreted by a range of sanitation actors in six cities of the Global South. Urban sanitation professionals from private (n = 16), public (n = 28), non-governmental (n = 43), and academic (n = 10) institutions were interviewed using a standardized tool, and data was analyzed to identify themes and trends.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArticle Synopsis
- Drowning and climate change are both major global health issues, yet research connecting the two is limited; there's a need for more focus on the impact of disaster and extreme weather events on drowning.
- The review highlights the various climate-related hazards—like heat waves and water scarcity—that contribute to increased drowning risks globally, emphasizing the importance of taking these factors into account for prevention strategies.
- Collaboration among sectors focused on injury prevention, disaster risk, and climate action is essential to tackle drowning effectively while promoting climate change mitigation as a means to reduce these drowning risks.