What Works in Fighting Diarrheal Diseases in Developing Countries? A Critical Review
The Millennium Development Goals call for reducing by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water. This goal was adopted in large part because clean water was seen as critical to fighting diarrheal disease, which kills 2 million children annually. There is compell...
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okr-10986-44022021-04-23T14:02:17Z What Works in Fighting Diarrheal Diseases in Developing Countries? A Critical Review Zwane, Alix Peterson Kremer, Michael breastfeeding clinics families health education health interventions health research hepatitis a hygiene immunization infectious diseases intervention mortality nutrition nutrition education primary schools randomized controlled trials screening sodium vaccination waste The Millennium Development Goals call for reducing by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water. This goal was adopted in large part because clean water was seen as critical to fighting diarrheal disease, which kills 2 million children annually. There is compelling evidence that provision of piped water and sanitation can substantially reduce child mortality. However, in dispersed rural settlements, providing complete piped water and sanitation infrastructure to households is expensive. Many poor countries have therefore focused instead on providing community-level water infrastructure, such as wells. Various traditional child health interventions have been shown to be effective in fighting diarrhea. Among environmental interventions, handwashing and point-of-use water treatment both reduce diarrhea, although more needs to be learned about ways to encourage households to take up these behavior changes. In contrast, there is little evidence that providing community-level rural water infrastructure substantially reduces diarrheal disease or that this infrastructure can be effectively maintained. Investments in communal water infrastructure short of piped water may serve other needs, and may reduce diarrhea in particular circumstances, but the case for prioritizing communal infrastructure provision needs to be made rather than assumed. 2012-03-30T07:12:32Z 2012-03-30T07:12:32Z 2007-03-01 Journal Article World Bank Research Observer 1564-6971 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4402 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank Journal Article Kenya Kazakhstan Pakistan |
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The Millennium Development Goals call for reducing by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water. This goal was adopted in large part because clean water was seen as critical to fighting diarrheal disease, which kills 2 million children annually. There is compelling evidence that provision of piped water and sanitation can substantially reduce child mortality. However, in dispersed rural settlements, providing complete piped water and sanitation infrastructure to households is expensive. Many poor countries have therefore focused instead on providing community-level water infrastructure, such as wells. Various traditional child health interventions have been shown to be effective in fighting diarrhea. Among environmental interventions, handwashing and point-of-use water treatment both reduce diarrhea, although more needs to be learned about ways to encourage households to take up these behavior changes. In contrast, there is little evidence that providing community-level rural water infrastructure substantially reduces diarrheal disease or that this infrastructure can be effectively maintained. Investments in communal water infrastructure short of piped water may serve other needs, and may reduce diarrhea in particular circumstances, but the case for prioritizing communal infrastructure provision needs to be made rather than assumed. |
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What Works in Fighting Diarrheal Diseases in Developing Countries? A Critical Review |
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What Works in Fighting Diarrheal Diseases in Developing Countries? A Critical Review |
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What Works in Fighting Diarrheal Diseases in Developing Countries? A Critical Review |
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What Works in Fighting Diarrheal Diseases in Developing Countries? A Critical Review |
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What Works in Fighting Diarrheal Diseases in Developing Countries? A Critical Review |
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what works in fighting diarrheal diseases in developing countries? a critical review |
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