Do Sanitation Improvements Reduce Fecal Contamination of Water, Hands, Food, Soil, and Flies? Evidence from a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Bangladesh

Do Sanitation Improvements Reduce Fecal Contamination of Water, Hands, Food, Soil, and Flies? Evidence from a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Bangladesh

Sanitation improvements have had limited effectiveness in reducing the spread of fecal pathogens into the environment. We conducted environmental measurements within a randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh that implemented individual and combined water treatment, sanitation, handwashing (WSH) an...

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Main Authors: Ercumen, Ayse, Pickering, Amy J., Kwong, Laura H., Mertens, Andrew, Arnold, Benjamin F., Benjamin-Chung, Jade, Hubbard, Alan E., Alam, Mahfuja, Sen, Debashis, Islam, Sharmin, Rahman, Mohamed Zahidur, Kullmann, Craig, Chase, Claire, Ahmed, Rokeya, Parvez, Sarker Masud, Unicomb, Leanne, Rahman, Mahbubur, Ram, Pavani K., Clasen, Thomas, Luby, Stephen P., Colford, John M., Jr.
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Chemical Society 2019
Subjects:
WATER AND SANITATION
DRINKING WATER
RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION
WATER TREATMENT
HANDWASHING
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31345

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