Improving Productivity and Environmental Performance of Aquaculture
Fish—including finfish and shellfish—are an important item in the human food basket, contributing 17 per cent of the global animal-based protein supply in 2010. They are an especially valuable food ...
Assess new prevention ideas water born-diseases
Using Citizen Science Approaches to monitor water, sanitation and hygiene related risks Relatively few studies have explored how resilience of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems to hazards ...
Promoting rapid and in situ test of water quality
Portable LED fluorescence instrumentation for the rapid assessment of potable water quality. Using LED fluorescence instrumentation to improve water quality, it has been notable that each of the ...
Tracking of causes and sources of water-borne disease and outbreaks
On 12 October 2015, a cholera outbreak involving 65 cases and two deaths was reported in a fishing village in Hoima District, Western Uganda. Despite initial response by the local health department ...
Developing improved sampling and methods detection of water-borne disease in water
Emerging biosensor platforms for the assessment of water-borne pathogens. Pathogens are key contaminants in water that are responsible for the generation of various water-borne diseases, and include ...
Developing new ways to remove or inactivate pathogens in water
Waterborne pathogens are a major health threat and must be eliminated to guarantee safe usage of water for potable purposes. For this purpose, a new carbon-based nanomaterial composed of single-walled ...
Identification of the risk factors for infection by unsafe water
Symptoms and risk factors of parasites infection in children by unsafe water. Significant risk factors for infection, besides living within the distribution area of contaminated water plants, included ...
Proper treatment and disinfection of water
Bacterial Inactivation Potential of Purified Okra Seed Proteins in Water Purification. Waterborne pathogens are a major health threat and must be eliminated to guarantee safe usage of water for ...
Solutions
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