The tradition of washing hands in a common bowl before eating: a qualitative study of the practice of communal bowl hand rinsing before mealtimes, in rural and urban Mali

BMC Public Health · Published 2026-08-14 · Journal article · DOI 10.1186/s12889-026-28699-x

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Evans Atiah Asamane, Rachel L Adams, Chloe Poole, Cheick Sidibe, Youssouf Diarra, Niélé Hawa Diarra, Mariam Yazdani, Mitali Bajaj, Selina Sfeir, Katinka Weber, Ousmane Toure, Nicola Gale, Semira Manaseki-Holland

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2026

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Asamane, E., Adams, R., Poole, C., et al. (2026). The tradition of washing hands in a common bowl before eating: a qualitative study of the practice of communal bowl hand rinsing before mealtimes, in rural and urban Mali. BMC Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-28699-x

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