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Melissa Bell
Researcher at University of London
Publications - 5
Citations - 627
Melissa Bell is an academic researcher from University of London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sanitation & Latrine. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 5 publications receiving 559 citations.
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Effectiveness of a rural sanitation programme on diarrhoea, soil-transmitted helminth infection, and child malnutrition in Odisha, India: a cluster-randomised trial
Thomas Clasen,Thomas Clasen,Sophie Boisson,Parimita Routray,Belen Torondel,Melissa Bell,Oliver Cumming,Jeroen H. J. Ensink,Matthew C. Freeman,Marion W. Jenkins,Mitsunori Odagiri,Subhajyoti Ray,Antara Sinha,Mrutyunjay Suar,Wolf-Peter Schmidt +14 more
TL;DR: The intervention increased mean village-level latrine coverage from 9% of households to 63%, compared with an increase from 8% to 12% in control villages, and increased exposure to faecal pathogens and preventing disease.
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Effectiveness of a rural sanitation programme on diarrhoea, soil-transmitted helminth infection and malnutrition in India
Thomas Clasen,Sophie Boisson,Parimita Routray,Belen Torondel,Melissa Bell,Oliver Cumming,Jeroen H. J. Ensink,Matthew C. Freeman,Marion W. Jenkins,Mitsunori Odagiri,Subhajyoti Ray,Antara Sinha,Mrutyunjay Suar,Wolf-Peter Schmidt +13 more
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The effect of improved rural sanitation on diarrhoea and helminth infection: design of a cluster-randomized trial in Orissa, India
Thomas Clasen,Sophie Boisson,Parimita Routray,Oliver Cumming,Marion W. Jenkins,Jeroen H. J. Ensink,Melissa Bell,Matthew C. Freeman,Soosai Peppin,Wolf-Peter Schmidt +9 more
TL;DR: The design of a village-level cluster-randomised trial in the state of Orissa, India is described to evaluate the impact of an ongoing rural sanitation campaign conducted under the umbrella of India's Total Sanitation Campaign.
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Exposure to cows is not associated with diarrhoea or impaired child growth in rural Odisha, India: a cohort study.
Wolf-Peter Schmidt,Sophie Boisson,Parimita Routray,Melissa Bell,Mary M. Cameron,Belen Torondel,Thomas Clasen +6 more
TL;DR: There is no evidence that environmental exposure to cows contributes to growth deficiency in children in rural India, neither directly by affecting growth, nor indirectly by increasing the risk of diarrhoea.
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Comparing trap designs and methods for assessing density of synanthropic flies in Odisha, India
Melissa Bell,Seth R. Irish,Seth R. Irish,Wolf-Peter Schmidt,Soumya Nayak,Thomas Clasen,Mary M. Cameron +6 more
TL;DR: Blue sticky card traps can be recommended for the capture of synanthropic fly species as they are non-intrusive to residents, easy to use, readily allow for species identification, and collect sufficient quantities of flies over 12 hours for use in monitoring and control programmes.