Combining drinking water treatment and hand washing for diarrhoea prevention, a cluster randomised controlled trial

2006174 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Stephen P. Luby · National Center for Infectious Diseases

Mubina Agboatwalla · Interactive Research and Development

John Painter · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Arshad Altaf · Aga Khan University

Ward Billhimer · Procter & Gamble (United States)

Bruce H. Keswick · Procter & Gamble (United States)

Robert M. Hoekstra

Abstract

With an intense community-based intervention and supplies provided free of cost, each of the home-based interventions significantly reduced diarrhoea. There was no benefit by combining hand washing promotion with water treatment.

Topics & Keywords

Child Nutrition and Water Access Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations Global Maternal and Child Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Clean water and sanitation

Publication Details

Published in: Tropical Medicine & International Health

Volume 11, Issue 4, pp. 479-489

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01592.x

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