Malnutrition—consisting of undernutrition, overweight and obesity, and micronutrient
deficiencies—continues to afflict millions of women and children, particularly in low-income …

Diarrhoeal diseases collectively constitute a serious public health challenge globally,
especially as the leading cause of death in children (after respiratory diseases). Childhood …

Progress has been made globally in improving the coverage of key maternal, newborn, and
early childhood interventions in low-income and middle-income countries, which has …

Climate change is projected to intensify drought conditions, which may increase the risk of
diarrheal diseases in children. We constructed log-binomial generalized linear mixed …

Importance Climate change is associated with more frequent and intense floods. Current
research on the association between flood exposure and diarrhea risk is limited mainly to …

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 …

Cryptosporidiosis is one of the most important causes of moderate to severe diarrhea and
diarrhea-related mortality in children under 2 years of age in low-and middle-income …

Climate change may bring more frequent and severe floods which will heighten public
health problems, including an increased risk of infectious diarrhea in susceptible …

BACKGROUND Approximately 2.2 million deaths were reported among school-age children
and young people in 2019, and infectious diseases remain the leading causes of morbidity …

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