Despite the tremendous achievement in reducing child mortality and morbidity in the last two
decades, diarrhoea is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality among children in many …

Background Handwashing with soap reduces diarrheal diseases burden considerably.
However, the importance of handwashing in homes has received little attention in rural …

Adequate hand washing with soap at five recommended times is particularly important in
urban slums in developing countries, but which of the recommended times are the most …

ContextWashing hands with soap prevents diarrhea, but children at the highest risk of death
from diarrhea are younger than 1 year, too young to wash their own hands. Previous studies …

Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of point of use water treatment with flocculent‐
disinfectant on reducing diarrhoea and the additional benefit of promoting hand washing …

Background Diarrhea among children under five is one of the significant public health
concerns in developing countries, such as Ethiopia that is mainly attributed to inadequate …

Objectives Safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene are protective against diarrhoeal
disease; a leading cause of child mortality. The main objective was an updated assessment …

Diarrhoea, the most common disease directly related to water, sanitation, and hygiene
(WASH), still remains one of the most significant health problems among children under-five …

Background: Handwashing in schools with soap could substantially reduce diarrhea and
respiratory infections among school-age children; however, in low-and-middle-income …

Background Globally childhood diarrhoeal diseases continue to be the second leading
cause of death, while in Ethiopia it kills half-million under-five children each year. Sanitation …