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Water Treatment and Child Mortality: A Meta-analysis and Cost-effectiveness Analysis

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Water Treatment and Child Mortality: A Meta-analysis and Cost-effectiveness Analysis

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2022-26

Number of pages: 97 Posted: 01 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 02 May 2024

Michael Kremer, Stephen Luby, Ricardo Maertens, Brandon Tan and Witold Więcek

University of Chicago, Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Harvard University, Harvard University, Department of Economics and WAW Statistical Consulting Ltd.

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Water Treatment And Child Mortality: A Meta-Analysis And Cost-effectiveness Analysis

NBER Working Paper No. w30835

Number of pages: 84 Posted: 04 Apr 2025

Michael Kremer, Stephen Luby, Ricardo Maertens, Brandon Tan and Witold Więcek

University of Chicago, Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Amazon, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and WAW Statistical Consulting Ltd.

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Normalizing Community Mask-Wearing: A Cluster Randomized Trial in Bangladesh

NBER Working Paper No. w28734

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 03 May 2021 Last Revised: 07 Jul 2023

Jason Abaluck, Laura Kwong, Ashley Styczynski, Mohammad Ashraful Haque, Md Alamgir Kabir, Ellen Bates-Jefferys, Emily Crawford, Jade Benjamin-Chung, Salim Benhachmi, Shabib Raihan, Shadman Rahman, Neeti Zaman, Peter Winch, Md. Maqsud Hossain, Hasan Mahmud Reza, Stephen Luby and Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak

Yale School of Management, Stanford University, Stanford University, Innovations for Poverty Action Bangladesh, Innovations for Poverty Action, Innovations for Poverty Action, Yale University, Stanford University - Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Yale University, Innovations for Poverty Action Bangladesh, Innovations for Poverty Action Bangladesh, Innovations for Poverty Action Bangladesh, Johns Hopkins University - Bloomberg School of Public Health, North South University, North South University - Global Health Institute, Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine and Yale School of Management

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Elevated Turmeric Lead Levels Threaten Public Health Across South Asia

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 05 Jan 2024

Jenna Elizabeth Forsyth, Dinsha Mistree, Manyu Angrish, Emily Nash and Stephen Luby

Stanford University, Stanford Law School, Freedom Employability Academy, Pure Earth and Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine

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Adolescent Psychological Health Under Chronic Climate Change-Related Stress: A Mixed-Methods Cross-Sectional Study in Bangladesh

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 04 Dec 2024

Liza Goldberg, Stephen Luby, Noshin Sayiara Shuchi, Titly Sen, Nazmul Hossen, Gabrielle Wong-Parodi, Erik G. Jensen, Nicole M. Ardoin, Mahbubur Rahman and Farjana Jahan

Stanford University, Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (icddr,b), International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (icddr,b), International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (icddr,b), Stanford University, Stanford University, Stanford University, - Health Systems and Population Studies Division and International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (icddr,b)

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Incidence of Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan: Results of the Surveillance for Enteric Fever in Asia Project

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Jun 2021

Sabin Vaccine Institute, Government of the United States of America - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Aga Khan University - Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (icddr,b), Aga Khan University - Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, Sabin Vaccine InstituteUniversity of California, Berkeley - Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Kathmandu University - Dhulikhel Hospital, Kathmandu University - Dhulikhel Hospital, Child Health Research Foundation, University of Toronto - Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Government of the United States of America - Global Immunization Division, Child Health Research Foundation, Aga Khan University - Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, Child Health Research Foundation, Aga Khan University - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University - Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, Aga Khan University - Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, Child Health Research Foundation, Child Health Research Foundation, Aga Khan University, Aga Khan University - Infectious Disease Research Laboratory, Aga Khan University - Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, Aga Khan University, Kathmandu University - Dhulikhel Hospital, Kharadar General Hospital - Clinical Laboratory, Kathmandu Medical College - Teaching Hospital, Kharadar General Hospital - Clinical Laboratory, Kathmandu University - Dhulikhel Hospital, Child Health Research Foundation, Child Health Research Foundation, Aga Khan University - Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University - Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, National Institute of Child Health, National Institute of Child Health, Aga Khan University, International Vaccine Institute, Sabin Vaccine Institute, Sabin Vaccine Institute - Applied Epidemiology, Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine and Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine

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Large-Scale Distribution of Liquified Petroleum Gas in Bangladesh's Rohingya Refugee Camp: Uptake, Reductions in Deforestation, and Carbon Financing Potential

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 29 Jul 2025

Christopher LeBoa, Mohammad Saeed Munim, Nuhu Amin, Jamil Rahman, Nazrin Akter, Mohammad Nuruzzaman, Mahbubur Rahman, Annelise Gill-Wiehl, Ajay Pillarisetti, Stephen Luby and Laura H Kwong

University of California, Berkeley, - Health Systems and Population Studies Division, - Health Systems and Population Studies Division, - Health Systems and Population Studies Division, - Health Systems and Population Studies Division, - Health Systems and Population Studies Division, - Health Systems and Population Studies Division, Columbia University - Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine and University of California, Berkeley

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Immunogenicity and Reactogenicity of Fractional vs. Full Booster Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines: A Non-Inferiority, Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase IV Clinical Trial in Brazil

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 25 Jan 2024

Marco Antonio Moreira Puga, Roberto Dias Oliveira, Patricia Vieira da Silva, Vivek Charu, Haley Hedlin, Di Lu, Amy Zhang, Blake Shaw, Joelle Ivy Rosser, Jessica Couvillion Seidman, Alice Scott Carter, Farah Naz Qamar, Denise Garrett, Stephen Luby and Julio Croda

Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - Nursing School, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Stanford University, Stanford University, Stanford University, Stanford University, Stanford University, Stanford University, Sabin Vaccine Institute, Sabin Vaccine Institute, Aga Khan University - Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, Sabin Vaccine Institute, Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine and Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - Faculty of Health Sciences

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Associations between Detection of Enteropathogens and Microbial Source Tracking Markers in the Environment and Child Enteric Infections and Growth: A Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 04 Jan 2023

University of California, Berkeley - Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) - F. I. Proctor Foundation, Stanford University - Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, Emory University - Rollins School of Public Health, University of Washington, Stanford University, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley - Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Republic of Mozambique - Ministry of Health, University of California, Berkeley, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Mathematica, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, - Health Systems and Population Studies Division, Government of the United States of America - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Stanford University, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, University of California, Berkeley, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - Department of Disease Control, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and North Carolina State University

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Food Safety Policy Enforcement and Associated Actions Reduce Turmeric Lead Chromate Adulteration Across Bangladesh

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 05 Feb 2023

Jenna Elizabeth Forsyth, Musa Baker, Syeda Nurunnahar, Shariful Islam, M. Saiful Islam, Erica Plambeck, Peter Winch, Dinsha Mistree, Stephen Luby and Mahbubur Rahman

Stanford University, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (icddr,b), affiliation not provided to SSRN, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (icddr,b), University of New South Wales (UNSW), Stanford University, Johns Hopkins University - Bloomberg School of Public Health, Stanford Law School, Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine and - Health Systems and Population Studies Division

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Identifying Microbial Biomarkers for Population Smoking Rate Through Metagenomics-Based Wastewater Surveillance

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 25 Apr 2023

Jiangping Wu, Shuxin Zhang, Yan Chen, Jiawei Zhao, Tanjila Alam Prosun, Jake O’Brien, Jochen F. Mueller, Ben Tscharke, Lachlan Coin, Stephen Luby, Faisal Hai and Guangming Jiang

University of Wollongong - School of Civil, Mining, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Wollongong - School of Civil, Mining, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Wollongong - School of Civil, Mining, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Wollongong - School of Civil, Mining, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Wollongong - School of Civil, Mining, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Melbourne - Department of Clinical Pathology, University of Melbourne - Department of Clinical Pathology, University of Melbourne - Department of Clinical Pathology, University of Melbourne, Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, University of Wollongong - School of Civil, Mining, Environmental and Architectural Engineering and University of Wollongong - School of Civil, Mining, Environmental and Architectural Engineering

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Impacts of a Sustained, Large-Scale Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Cooking Intervention in the Rohingya Refugee Camp on Time Use, Household Air Pollution, and Health

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 19 Sep 2025

Christopher LeBoa, Nuhu Amin, Mohammad Saeed Munim, Md. Jamil Rahman, Nazrin Akter, Mohammad Nuruzzaman, Mahbubur Rahman, Ajay Pillarisetti, Stephen Luby and Laura H Kwong

University of California, Berkeley, - Health Systems and Population Studies Division, - Health Systems and Population Studies Division, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (ICDDR’B), - Health Systems and Population Studies Division, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (ICDDR’B), - Health Systems and Population Studies Division, University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine and University of California, Berkeley

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Sars-Cov-2 Shedding Sources in Wastewater and Implications for Wastewater-Based Epidemiology

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Feb 2022

Xuan Li, Jagadeeshkumar Kulandaivelu, Ying Guo, Shuxin Zhang, Jiahua Shi, Jake O’Brien, Sudipti Arora, Manish Kumar, Samendra P. Sherchan, Ryo Honda, Greg Jackson, Stephen Luby and Guangming Jiang

University of Wollongong, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Wollongong, University of Wollongong - School of Civil, Mining, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Wollongong, University of Melbourne - Department of Clinical Pathology, Dr. B. Lal Institute of Biotechnology, Government of the United States of America - Institute of Technology, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Kanazawa University, Queensland Health, Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine and University of Wollongong - School of Civil, Mining, Environmental and Architectural Engineering

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Evidence of Turmeric Adulteration with Lead Chromate Across South Asia

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 22 May 2024

Jenna Elizabeth Forsyth, Dinsha Mistree, Emily Nash, Manyu Angrish and Stephen Luby

Stanford University, Stanford Law School, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Freedom Employability Academy and Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine

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Examining the Effect of Neighborhood Sanitation Coverage on Childhood Diarrheal Disease in Rural Bangladesh

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 09 Sep 2025

Hannah Van Wyk, Andrew Brouwer, Jesse Contreras, Mahbubur Rahman, Mahfuza Islam, Amy J. Pickering, Benjamin F. Arnold, Stephen Luby, John M. Colford Jr., Matthew Freeman, Ayse Ercumen and Joseph N. S. Eisenberg

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - School of Public Health, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, - Health Systems and Population Studies Division, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) - F. I. Proctor Foundation, Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Emory University - Rollins School of Public Health, North Carolina State University and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Epidemiology

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Triplex Qpcr Assay for Campylobacter Jejuni and Coli in Wastewater with Campylobacter Sputorum as the Inhibition Control

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 01 Mar 2023

Shuxin Zhang, Jiahua Shi, Xuan Li, Stephen Luby, Lachlan Coin, Jake O’Brien, Muttucumaru Sivakumar, Faisal Hai and Guangming Jiang

University of Wollongong - School of Civil, Mining, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Wollongong, University of Wollongong, Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, University of Melbourne, University of Melbourne - Department of Clinical Pathology, University of Wollongong, University of Wollongong - School of Civil, Mining, Environmental and Architectural Engineering and University of Wollongong - School of Civil, Mining, Environmental and Architectural Engineering

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Reducing Emissions and Air Pollution from the Informal Sector: Evidence from Bangladesh

NBER Working Paper No. w32794

Number of pages: 97 Posted: 19 Aug 2024

Nina Brooks, Debashish Biswas, Sameer Maithel, Grant Miller, Grant Miller, Aprajit Mahajan, M. Rofi Uddin, Shoeb Ahmed, Moogdho Mazhab, Mahbubur Rahman and Stephen Luby

Boston University, Environmental Health and WASH, Greentech Knowledge Solutions, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Stanford University - School of Medicine, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Bangladesh Army University of Engineering and Technology (BAUET), Bangladesh, Stanford University, - Health Systems and Population Studies Division and Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine

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A Poisoned City: Widespread Childhood Exposure to Lead from the Battery Industry in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 15 Jun 2026

Jenna Elizabeth Forsyth, Helen O. Pitchik, Jesmin Sultana, Musa Baker, Christlee Elmera, Karrie L. Weaver, Alireza Namayendeh, Rubhana Raqib, Mahbubur Rahman and Stephen Luby

Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, Gauhati University - Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Oncology, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (icddr,b), Stanford University, Stanford University, Stanford University, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (icddr,b), - Health Systems and Population Studies Division and Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine

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Productivity Gains and Work Conditions in Coercive Labor Markets: Experimental Evidence from the Bangladesh Brick Sector

NBER Working Paper No. w32829

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 19 Aug 2024

Grant Miller, Grant Miller, Debashish Biswas, Aprajit Mahajan, Kimberly Singer Babiarz, Nina Brooks, Jessica Brunner, Sania Ashraf, Jack Shane, Sameer Maithel, Shoeb Ahmed, Moogdho Mazhab, M. Rofi Uddin, Mahbubur Rahman and Stephen Luby

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Stanford University - School of Medicine, Environmental Health and WASH, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, Stanford University, Boston University, Stanford University, - Environmental Interventions Unit, Stanford University, Greentech Knowledge Solutions, Bangladesh Army University of Engineering and Technology (BAUET), Bangladesh, Stanford University, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), - Health Systems and Population Studies Division and Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine

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Lead Chromate Adulteration of Turmeric in India: A Nationwide Spice Market Assessment across 104 Cities

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 12 Jun 2026

Eric Yin, Manu Sinha, Amogh Bandekar, Akanksha Saletore, Dinsha Mistree, Stephen Luby and Jenna Elizabeth Forsyth

Stanford University, Frameworks, Stanford University, Stanford University, Stanford Law School, Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine and Stanford University

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Transmission Dynamics of Japanese Encephalitis in Northwest Bangladesh

9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFECTIOUS DISEASE DYNAMICS:P3.019

Posted: 05 Dec 2023

Mariana Perez Duque, Gabriel Ribeiro dos Santos, Megan O'Driscoll, Kishor Paul, Mahmudur Rahman, Repon Paul, Stephen Luby, Emily S. Gurley and Henrik Salje

University of Cambridge - Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge - Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge - Department of Genetics, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Independent, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (icddr,b) and University of Cambridge - Department of Genetics

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Stanford University - Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine

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