Comparative Study on Integrated Psychosocial Stimulation, Nutritional Support, Water Sanitation Hygiene Interventions among Malnourished Children in Kanam, North Central Nigeria

Impact of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Interventions on Improving Health Outcomes among School Children

PURPOSE This review was done to explore the impact of water treatment, hygiene, and sanitary interventions on improving child health outcomes such as absenteeism, infections, knowledge, attitudes, and practices and adoption of point-of-use water treatment. METHODS A literature search was conducted using the databases PubMed and Google scholar for studies published between 2009 and 2012 and fo...

Evidence base: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Interventions

Drinking Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Promotion Interventions in Two Slum Communities in Central Uganda

Poor water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) continue to contribute to the high prevalence of diarrhoeal diseases in low-income countries such as Uganda particularly in slums. We implemented a 3-year WASH project in two urban slums in Uganda with a focus on safe drinking water and improvement in sanitation. The project implemented community and school interventions in addition to capacity buildin...

Hygiene and sanitation risk factors of diarrhoeal disease among under-five children in Ibadan, Nigeria.

BACKGROUND Diarrhoea diseases are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in under-five-children (U-5C) in Nigeria. Inadequate safe water, sanitation, and hygiene account for the disease burden. Cases of diarrhoea still occur in high proportion in the study area despite government-oriented interventions. OBJECTIVE To determine the hygiene and sanitation risk factors predisposing U...

Water, sanitation, hygiene and enteric infections in children

To cite: Brown J, Cairncross S, Ensink JHJ. Arch Dis Child Published Online First: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/archdischild2011-301528 INTRODUCTION In 2007, readers of the British Medical Journal voted that the introduction of clean water and sewerage—the ‘sanitation revolution’ of the Victorian era—was the most important medical milestone since the 1840s, over anaesthesia, anti...