J. Ndamba

TL;DR: Although improved sources generally delivered ‘safe’ water at the point-of-supply, 12% of source samples were contaminated and as such were ‘unsafe’ in household storage, and this significant deterioration in microbial quality of water from improved sources was seen in both countries.

TL;DR: A cohort study of 374 children, aged 9-32 months, in three African countries, which recorded frequency and consistency of stool over a seven-month period, found that non-standard definitions of episode gave estimates of an annualized number of episodes between 38% and 137% of the internationally-accepted definition.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the findings from a survey that sought to investigate the quality of water in the home post-collection and any factors that were contributing to the quality.

TL;DR: Bar codes are used to track water samples from the field to the laboratory, where total coliforms and Escherichia coli counts are enumerated for each sample as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: A novel system for recording and storing details of water samples collected from rural African households and the water sources that they use makes use of handheld computers for data entry instead of paper-based records, significantly reducing the lag-time between data collection and analysis.