The impact of school water, sanitation, and hygiene improvements on infectious disease using serum antibody detection.

• Main Authors: Anna N Chard (Author), Victoria Trinies (Author), Delynn M Moss (Author), Howard H Chang (Author), Seydou Doumbia (Author), Patrick J Lammie (Author), Matthew C Freeman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Evidence from recent studies assessing the impact of school water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions on child health has been mixed. Self-reports of disease are subject to bias, and few WASH impact evaluations employ objective health measures to assess reductions in disease and...