PROMISE research is grounded in three core principles:
Comprehensive approaches to safely managed sanitation across the entire service chain—from containment through transport, treatment, and safe disposal or reuse.
Quantifying how people are exposed to fecal contamination through multiple environmental pathways—water, food, soil, surfaces, and drains.
Improving water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions in health facilities to prevent healthcare-associated infections and improve patient outcomes.
Understanding how climate change—particularly flooding and water scarcity—affects sanitation systems and pathogen exposure, and developing adaptive strategies.
Ensuring sanitation and hygiene interventions address the specific needs and priorities of women, girls, and other marginalized groups.
