Public lecture: Saving the lives of children under-five with a hygiene intervention in rural Gambia

Buba Manjang, visiting postdoctoral researcher at the University of Waterloo, will be giving a public lecture on his research addressing hygeine among mothers' weaning children.

Buba Manjang is highly interested in community or public health intervention research, particularly in developing countries. He is focusing on Water, Hygiene, Sanitation and Health. Buba is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship (QEScholars) and will be working on the Water Security as a Foundation for Healthy Communities and Sustainable Livelihoods project. Specifically, he will be working on effects of community led total sanitation on water quality for prevention of diarrhoea in slum and rural communities.

Please RSVP to global.health@uwaterloo.ca.