Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Nutrition in Bangladesh : Can Building Toilets Affect Children's Growth?

Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Nutrition in Bangladesh : Can Building Toilets Affect Children's Growth?

This report provides a systematic review of the evidence to date, both published and grey literature, on the relationship between water and sanitation and nutrition. We also survey the potential impact of improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) on undernutrition. This is the first report that...

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Main Authors: Mahmud, Iffat, Mbuya, Nkosinathi
Format: Book
Language:en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2015
Subjects:
CLTS
diarrhea
environmental enteropathy
hygiene
malnutrition
multisectoral
nutrition
sanitation
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22800
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spelling okr-10986-228002021-04-23T14:04:11Z Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Nutrition in Bangladesh : Can Building Toilets Affect Children's Growth? Mahmud, Iffat Mbuya, Nkosinathi CLTS diarrhea environmental enteropathy hygiene malnutrition multisectoral nutrition sanitation This report provides a systematic review of the evidence to date, both published and grey literature, on the relationship between water and sanitation and nutrition. We also survey the potential impact of improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) on undernutrition. This is the first report that undertakes a thorough review and discussion of WASH and nutrition in Bangladesh. The report is meant to serve two purposes. First, it synthesizes the results/evidence evolving on the pathway of WASH and undernutrition for use by practitioners working in the nutrition and water and sanitation sectors to stimulate technical discussions and effective collaboration among stakeholders. Second, this report serves as an advocacy tool, primarily for policy makers, to assist them in formulating a multisectoral approach to tackling the undernutrition problem. 2015-11-02T15:56:24Z 2015-11-02T15:56:24Z 2016 Book 978-1-4648-0698-8 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22800 en_US World Bank Study; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication South Asia Bangladesh
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diarrhea
environmental enteropathy
hygiene
malnutrition
multisectoral
nutrition
sanitation
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diarrhea
environmental enteropathy
hygiene
malnutrition
multisectoral
nutrition
sanitation
Mahmud, Iffat
Mbuya, Nkosinathi
Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Nutrition in Bangladesh : Can Building Toilets Affect Children's Growth?
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description This report provides a systematic review of the evidence to date, both published and grey literature, on the relationship between water and sanitation and nutrition. We also survey the potential impact of improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) on undernutrition. This is the first report that undertakes a thorough review and discussion of WASH and nutrition in Bangladesh. The report is meant to serve two purposes. First, it synthesizes the results/evidence evolving on the pathway of WASH and undernutrition for use by practitioners working in the nutrition and water and sanitation sectors to stimulate technical discussions and effective collaboration among stakeholders. Second, this report serves as an advocacy tool, primarily for policy makers, to assist them in formulating a multisectoral approach to tackling the undernutrition problem.
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author Mahmud, Iffat
Mbuya, Nkosinathi
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Mbuya, Nkosinathi
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title Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Nutrition in Bangladesh : Can Building Toilets Affect Children's Growth?
title_short Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Nutrition in Bangladesh : Can Building Toilets Affect Children's Growth?
title_full Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Nutrition in Bangladesh : Can Building Toilets Affect Children's Growth?
title_fullStr Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Nutrition in Bangladesh : Can Building Toilets Affect Children's Growth?
title_full_unstemmed Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Nutrition in Bangladesh : Can Building Toilets Affect Children's Growth?
title_sort water, sanitation, hygiene, and nutrition in bangladesh : can building toilets affect children's growth?
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
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