Background Estimates of the effectiveness of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)
interventions that provide high levels of service on childhood diarrhoea are scarce. We …

Background Diarrhoea accounts for 1.8 million deaths in children in low‐and middle‐income
countries (LMICs). One of the identified strategies to prevent diarrhoea is hand washing …

To quantify the effect of hand-hygiene interventions on rates of gastrointestinal and
respiratory illnesses and to identify interventions that provide the greatest efficacy, we …

Background More than 3· 5 million children aged less than 5 years die from diarrhoea and
acute lower respiratory-tract infection every year. We undertook a randomised controlled trial …

Interventions to improve water quality for preventing diarrhoea - Clasen, TF - 2015 | Cochrane
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We conducted a systematic review of all studies that measured diarrheal health impacts in
children and the impact on water quality of point-of-use chlorine drinking water treatment …

Background Diarrhoea is a common cause of morbidity and a leading cause of death among
children aged less than five years, particularly in low‐and middle‐income countries. It is …

Background Lack of access to and use of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) cause 1.6
million deaths every year, of which 1.2 million are due to gastrointestinal illnesses like …

This paper presents a synthetic review of impact evaluations examining effectiveness of
water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions in reducing diarrhoea among children. The …

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 …