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Handwashing With a Water-Efficient Tap and Low-Cost Foaming Soap: The Povu Poa “Cool Foam” System in Kenya

Jaynie Whinnery, Gauthami Penakalapati, Rachel Steinacher, Noel Wilson, Clair Null and Amy J Pickering
Global Health: Science and Practice June 2016, 4(2):336-341; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00022
Jaynie Whinnery
aInnovations for Poverty Action, Kenya, Kisumu, Kenya
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vol. 4 no. 2 336-341
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00022
PubMed 
27353625

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Global Health: Science and Practice
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2169-575X
History 
  • Received: January 27, 2016
  • Accepted: May 13, 2016
  • Published online June 27, 2016.

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© Whinnery et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00022.

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  1. Jaynie Whinnerya,
  2. Gauthami Penakalapatia,
  3. Rachel Steinachera,
  4. Noel Wilsonb,
  5. Clair Nulla,
  6. Amy J Pickeringc
  1. aInnovations for Poverty Action, Kenya, Kisumu, Kenya
  2. bCatapult Design, San Francisco, CA, USA
  3. cStanford University, Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford, CA, USA
  1. Correspondence to Amy J Pickering (amyjanel{at}gmail.com).
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