Erratum to: The management of the faeces passed by under five children: an exploratory, crosssectional research in an urban community in Southwest Nigeria
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Erratum After publication of the original article [1] it was brought to our attention that some of the authors’ final corrections were not incorporated in the online version of the paper. 1. In the ‘Background’ section, third paragraph, “Wold Health Organisation” has been corrected to “World Health Organisation”. 2. In Table 1, under column ‘Description of variables’ , “Respondents’ higest educational attainment” has been corrected to “Respondents’ highest educational attainment”. 3. In Table 1, under column ‘Frequency’, a zero (0) has been added in front of single figures 7, 4, 8 and 4. 4. In Table 3, “Location for safekeeping of child’s potty” has been corrected to “Location for safe keeping of child’s potty”. 5. In Table 9, under column ‘Variables’, “Under-5” has been changed to “Under five”. The above corrections have been incorporated in the original version of this article.
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The management of the faeces passed by under five children: an exploratory, cross-sectional research in an urban community in Southwest Nigeria
BACKGROUND Safe management of faeces (SMoF) and environmental contamination by faecal pathogens have been extensively researched although the SMoF in under-five children has been perennially neglected perhaps due to the misconception that it is harmless. This research, therefore, studied the situation, to determine the magnitude and dimensions of the problem aimed at making policy level stakeho...
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