Effectiveness of interventions to improve drinking water, sanitation, and handwashing with soap on risk of diarrhoeal disease in children in low-income and middle …

J Wolf, S Hubbard, M Brauer, A Ambelu, BF Arnold… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Estimates of the effectiveness of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)
interventions that provide high levels of service on childhood diarrhoea are scarce. We …

Hand‐washing promotion for preventing diarrhoea

RI Ejemot-Nwadiaro, JE Ehiri, D Arikpo… - Cochrane database …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
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 …

Interventions promoting uptake of water, sanitation and hygiene (wash) technologies in low‐and middle‐income countries: an evidence and gap map of effectiveness …

H Chirgwin, S Cairncross, D Zehra… - Campbell Systematic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Association between microbial water quality, sanitation and hygiene practices and childhood diarrhea in Kersa and Omo Nada districts of Jimma Zone, Ethiopia

NE Soboksa, SR Gari, AB Hailu, BM Alemu - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Diarrhea is one of the leading causes of child morbidity and mortality in low-and
middle-income countries like Ethiopia. The use of safe drinking water and improved …

Handwashing effect on diarrheal incidence in children under 5 years old in rural eastern Ethiopia: a cluster randomized controlled trial

ET Solomon, SR Gari, H Kloos, BM Alemu - Tropical medicine and health, 2021 - Springer
Background Handwashing with soap reduces diarrheal diseases burden considerably.
However, the importance of handwashing in homes has received little attention in rural …

Narrative review of primary preventive interventions against water-borne diseases: scientific evidence of health-EDRM in contexts with inadequate safe drinking water

EYY Chan, KHY Tong, C Dubois, K Mc Donnell… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Waterborne diseases account for 1.5 million deaths a year globally, particularly affecting
children in low-income households in subtropical areas. It is one of the most enduring and …

Improved water and waste management practices reduce diarrhea risk in children under age five in rural Tanzania: a community-based, cross-sectional analysis

PH McClelland, CT Kenney, F Palacardo… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Diarrhea remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among children in
developing countries. Water, sanitation, and hygiene practices (WASH) have demonstrated …

Preparedness for and impact of COVID-19 on primary health care delivery in urban and rural Malawi: a mixed methods study

MM Phiri, EE MacPherson, M Panulo… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Across Africa, the impact of COVID-19 continues to be acutely felt. This includes
Malawi, where a key component of health service delivery to mitigate against COVID-19 are …

Prevalence and factors associated with diarrheal diseases among children below five years in selected slum settlements in Entebbe municipality, Wakiso district …

R Nantege, D Kajoba, C Ddamulira, F Ndoboli… - BMC pediatrics, 2022 - Springer
Background Despite global interventions to prevent and control diarrhea, it still remains a
public health problem leading to childhood morbidity and mortality majorly in developing …

Effect of household water treatment with chlorine on diarrhea among children under the age of five years in rural areas of Dire Dawa, eastern Ethiopia: a cluster …

ET Solomon, S Robele, H Kloos… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Diarrheal disease is a leading cause of child mortality and morbidity worldwide.
Household water treatment with chlorine significantly reduces morbidity due to waterborne …