Meet the editors

Umar Bacha, PhD, is Assistant Professor at the School of Health Sciences, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan while also serving as chairman of the department since 2019. He obtained a BSc Hon in Biochemistry and PhD in Nutrition. He has published several research papers and authored and coauthored several books. His field of interest includes nutrient and drug interactions with an emphasis on drugs' effect

on nutrient bioavailability and public health nutrition. He has several national and international awards to his credit.

Urška Rozman is Assistant Professor of Biology at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia. Dr. Rozman has a university degree in Biology and Chemistry and a master's in Biology. She obtained a PhD in Ecology from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, with study on molecular methods in microbiology for purposes of hospital hygiene. She participates in study programmes of Nurs-

ing, Bioinformatics, and Food Safety covering environmental factors affecting human health. She has participated in several research projects focusing on environmental microbiology, hospital and waste water hygiene, and nutrition.

Sonja Šostar Turk, PhD, is Full Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia, working in the research areas of textile chemistry, environmental engineering, and hygiene. She is the author of more than eighty original scientific papers, and has published around 250 scientific conference contributions. She was also involved in seventy-five national and international projects; most notably ten EU proj-

ects. She carried out preliminary studies for industry and health institutions. She is participating in study programmes of Nursing, Bioinformatics, and Food Safety covering subjects in the field of environmental factors affecting human health and hygiene. She has also participated in several research projects focusing on environmental health, hospital and waste water hygiene, and nutrition.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

and Zimbabwe

Case Studies

*by Andrew W. Taylor-Robinson*

*and Sandy Cairncross*

**Preface XI**

Healthcare Coverage and Sector Reforms **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 11**

Significance of Hygiene: Current and Future Perspective **29**

**Chapter 3 31**

**Chapter 4 59**

**Chapter 5 73**

*by Juliet Anne Virginia Waterkeyn, Regis Matimati, Andrew Muringaniza,* 

and Middle-Income Countries: A Blueprint for Health Sector Reforms

Making Universal Health Coverage Effective in Low-

Access to Maternal Healthcare Services under the National Health Insurance Policy in the Upper West Region, Ghana *by Ibrahim Abu Abdulai and Abdul-Moomin Adams*

Comparative Assessment of Hygiene Behaviour Change and Cost-Effectiveness of Community Health Clubs in Rwanda

*Agrippa Chigono, Amans Ntakarutimana, Joseph Katabarwa, Zachary Bigirimana, Julia Pantoglou, Anthony Waterkeyn* 

Hygiene Technologies, Water, and Health in the Hellenic World

Contamination of Emergency Medical Vehicles and Risk of Infection to Paramedic First Responders and Patients by Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria: Risk Evaluation and Recommendations from Ambulance

*by Stavros Yannopoulos and Asimina Kaiafa-Saropoulou*

*by Peter O. Otieno and Gershim Asiki*
