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Associate Professor, Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute

Rochelle H. Holm, Ph.D., Environmental Scientist: Dr. Holm is an Associate Professor at the Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute. She specializes in water and sanitation technologies, environmental health to improve the well-being of the most vulnerable population groups and the role of fecal waste streams in public health surveillance.

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Rochelle H. Holm, Ph.D., Environmental Scientist: Dr. Holm is an Associate Professor at the Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute. She specializes in water and sanitation technologies, environmental health to improve the well-being of the most vulnerable population groups and the role of fecal waste streams in public health surveillance.

The handpump choice is yours: A pilot study in Rumphi District, Malawi (Rochelle Holm, Alinafe Kamangira, Victor Kasulo, et al.) Faculty Scholarship (2017)

In sub-Saharan Africa, moving towards the Sustainable Development Goals will require an approach to water and sanitation service delivery for many rural communities where handpumps still dominate infrastructure. This paper reviews a case study of ...

Designing local solutions for emptying pit latrines in low-income urban settlements (Malawi) (W. C. Chipeta, R. H. Holm, J. F. Kamanula, et al.) Faculty Scholarship (2017)

A lack of effective options in local technology poses challenges when onsite household sanitation facilities are eventually filled to capacity in unplanned settlement areas within Mzuzu City, located in northern Malawi. Vacuum trucks currently dominate ...

Reducing the burden of rural water supply through greywater reuse: A case study from northern Malawi (Evan Newcomer, Courtney Boyd, Laban Nyirenda, et al.) Faculty Scholarship (2017)

Greywater reuse has potential for non-potable applications that conserve freshwater resources in water-stressed areas especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The feasibility of reusing greywater for domestic activities in a rural area of Malawi, Africa, was evaluated ...

Characterization of pit latrines to support the design and selection of emptying tools in peri-urban Mzuzu, Malawi (Rashid Chiposa, Rochelle H. Holm, Chimuleke Munthali, et al.) Faculty Scholarship (2017)

The urban areas of many low-income countries must balance a rising demand for pit latrines for household sanitation provision against limitations in space, resulting in a need for pit latrine emptying services. This study was ...

Trash removal methods for improved mechanical emptying of pit latrines using a screw auger (Tracey Sisco, Tate Rogers, Walt Beckwith, et al.) Faculty Scholarship (2017)

Trash in pit latrines is one of the largest challenges facing pit emptying technologies, including the powered auger (the Excrevator), developed for improved emptying in lower- and lower-middle income countries. This study focused on two ...

Pit latrine fecal sludge resistance using a dynamic cone penetrometer in low income areas in Mzuzu city, Malawi (Charles F.C. Chirwa, Ralph P. Hall, Leigh Anne H. Krometis, et al.) Faculty Scholarship (2017)

Pit latrines can provide improved household sanitation, but without effective and inexpensive emptying options, they are often abandoned once full and may pose a public health threat. Emptying techniques can be difficult, as the sludge ...

Bacteriological quality of fresh produce and link to water and sanitation service access from informal markets in Mzuzu, Malawi (Rochelle Holm, Jealous Mwangende, Mavuto Tembo, et al.) Environment, Development and Sustainability (2016)

In 2010, the global burden of foodborne diseases was 33 million Disability-adjusted life years, and 40 % of this burden was for children under 5 years old (Havelaar et al. 2015). Our study site was informal public markets ...

Adopters and non-adopters of low-cost household latrines: A study of corbelled pit latrines in 15 districts of Malawi (Rochelle Holm, Mavuto Tembo, Dalo Njera, et al.) Faculty Scholarship (2016)

The Sustainable Development Goals will challenge low- and middle-income settings to look at new approaches for rural sanitation. In 2013, Mzuzu University, in partnership with United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Malawi, started a low-cost latrine ...

Achieving the sustainable development goals: a case study of the complexity of water quality health risks in Malawi (Rochelle Holm, Philip Wandschneider, Allan Felsot, et al.) Faculty Scholarship (2016)

RESULTS: The water quality data and human dimension questionnaire results were used to develop a household risk presentation. Sixty-seven percent and 50 % of well water and household drinking water samples, respectively, exceeded the WHO ...

Access to groundwater and link to the impact on quality of life: A look at the past, present and future public health needs in Mzimba District, Malawi (R. C.G. Chidya, R. H. Holm, M. Tembo, et al.) Faculty Scholarship (2016)

Imagine a world where you have to get up at 4am to walk for two hours in the dark to fetch water. This remains true in Malawi, where it is said that the Millennium Development ...

A qualitative study of barriers to accessing water, sanitation and hygiene for disabled people in Malawi (Sian White, Hannah Kuper, Ambumulire Itimu-Phiri, et al.) Faculty Scholarship (2016)

Globally, millions of people lack access to improved water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Disabled people, disadvantaged both physically and socially, are likely to be among those facing the greatest inequities in WASH access. This study ...

Comparative evaluation of the cost of water in northern Malawi: from rural water wells to science education (Rochelle Holm, Wales Singini and Simeon Gwayi) Applied Economics (2016)

Worldwide, improved sources of drinking water are still lacking for 663 million people. With Malawi as a case study, we aim to address the scarcity of data available to understand the full cost and options ...

Testing methods for new pit latrine designs in rural and peri-urban areas of Malawi where conventional testing is difficult to employ (R.C.G. Chidya, Rochelle Holm, Mavuto Tembo, et al.) Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology (2016)

There is a trend towards participation of users in the design of appropriate sanitation facilities for low-income countries. However, testing the safety and durability of these technologies for rural and peri-urban communities is a challenge ...

A comparative study of faecal sludge management in Malawi and Zambia: Status, challenges and opportunities in pit latrine emptying (Rochelle H. Holm, James Madalitso Tembo and Bernard Thole) Faculty Scholarship (2015)

This review paper covers the issues of pit latrine emptying national policies and regulations with a focus on Malawi and Zambia. With 2.4 billion people worldwide still lacking improved sanitation facilities, developing countries need to ...

Functionality and water quality of Elephant pumps: Implications for sustainable drinking water supplies in rural Malawi (Rochelle Holm, Robert Stroud, Golden Msilimba, et al.) Groundwater for Sustainable Development (2015)

In 2013, our team performed a program evaluation of the sustainability and water quality of 338 Elephant Pumps in Malawi. The team tested the water quality, evaluated the pump functionality and investigated the community's satisfaction. The water ...

Why financial lending institutions are not willing to provide services to the private sector for rural sanitation and hygiene (Malawi). (Rochelle H. Holm, Victor Kasulo and Elijah Wanda) Faculty Scholarship (2015)

This study examines the gap between financial lending institutions and sanitation and hygiene services within Nkhata Bay District, Malawi. The study reviewed literature and policies, and conducted interviews, field observations, focus group discussions, household and ...

Identification of the potential opportunities, barriers, and threats within the sector in taking up sanitation as a business: Rural sanitation in Nkhata Bay District (Malawi) (Rochelle Holm, Elijah Wanda, Victor Kasulo, et al.) Faculty Scholarship (2014)

Private sector participation in sanitation marketing provides a great opportunity to improve rural sanitation access. Although a number of opportunities for private sector participation within the sanitation sector exist, there are numerous barriers and threats ...

Identification of funding mechanisms for private sector participation in the provision of rural household sanitation facilities, in Nkhata Bay District (Malawi) (Rochelle Holm, V. Kasulo and E. Wanda) Sustainable Sanitation Practices (2014)

Promoting Surveillance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Moving to Wastewater and Environmental Genomic Surveillance Requires More Attention (Rochelle Holm, Petros Chigwechokha, Craig Kinnear, et al.) ACS ES&T Water (2023)

Laboratory infrastructure and local capacity are essential for surveillance programs to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Globally, morbidity and mortality due to unsafe household drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene remain major problems. (1) During the coronavirus disease ...

Environmental health justice across the globe (Arnita Gadson and Rochelle H Holm) Faculty Scholarship (2023)

Advancing the Use of Fecal Sludge for Timelier and Better-Quality Epidemiological Data in Low- and Middle-Income Countries for Pandemic Prevention (Petros Chigwechokha, Renée Street and Rochelle H. Holm) Faculty Scholarship (2022)

Promoting multiple-use water services by leveraging existing rural water supply and smallholder farmer groups, Malawi (Rochelle Holm, Ralph P. Hall, Suresh Muthukrishnan, et al.) International Journal of Water Resources Development (2020)

Multiple-use water services (MUS) can enhance the benefits communities receive from the productive use of water. This article uses household surveys, water samples, focus groups and key informant interviews to examine the potential of MUS ...

COVID-19 & Wastewater (Rochelle Holm) (2020)

“COVID-19 & Wastewater” at the University of Louisville Trager Institute, Louisville, KY, USA on 24th November 2020

“Leave no-one behind” What does it mean for rural water supply? (Rochelle Holm) (2019)

How are you striving to “Leave no one behind” in your work related to rural water supply? How do you understand the challenge to “reach the last mile” or “leave no-one behind”? In the first ...

Encouraging African research for the next generation (Rochelle Holm) EOS Science News by AGU (2019)