Effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on diarrhoea and child growth in rural Bangladesh: a cluster randomised controlled trial

• Main Authors: Stephen P Luby, ProfMD (Author), Mahbubur Rahman, MBBS (Author), Benjamin F Arnold, PhD (Author), Leanne Unicomb, PhD (Author), Sania Ashraf, MPH (Author), Peter J Winch, ProfMD (Author), Christine P Stewart, PhD (Author), Farzana Begum, MPH (Author), Faruqe Hussain, MSS (Author), Jade Benjamin-Chung, PhD (Author), Elli Leontsini, MD (Author), Abu M Naser, MBBS (Author), Sarker M Parvez, MPH (Author), Alan E Hubbard, ProfPhD (Author), Audrie Lin, PhD (Author), Fosiul A Nizame, MA (Author), Kaniz Jannat, MBBS (Author), Ayse Ercumen, PhD (Author), Pavani K Ram, MD (Author), Kishor K Das, MS (Author), Jaynal Abedin, MS (Author), Thomas F Clasen, ProfPhD (Author), Kathryn G Dewey, ProfPhD (Author), Lia C Fernald, Prof (Author), Clair Null, PhD (Author), Tahmeed Ahmed, PhD (Author), John M Colford, Jr, ProfMD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Diarrhoea and growth faltering in early childhood are associated with subsequent adverse outcomes. We aimed to assess whether water quality, sanitation, and handwashing interventions alone or combined with nutrition interventions reduced diarrhoea or growth faltering. Methods: T...