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Effectiveness of Interventions to Improve Drinking Water, Sanitation, and Handwashing with Soap on Risk of Diarrheal Disease in Children in Low-income and Middle-income Settings

Sectors:
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
Authors:
The Lancet
Year Published:
2022
Resource Type:
Literature Review
Language:
English

Estimates of the effectiveness of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions that provide high levels of service on childhood diarrhea are scarce. This article aimed to provide up-to-date estimates on the burden of disease attributable to WASH and on the effects of different types of WASH interventions on childhood diarrhea in low-income and middle-income countries.