Impact on childhood mortality of interventions to improve drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) to households: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In low- and middle-income countries (L&MICs), the biggest contributing factors to the global burden of disease in childhood are deaths due to respiratory illness and diarrhoea, both of which are closely related to use of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services by households. However, current estimates of the health impacts of WASH interventions use self-reported morbidity, which may fail to capture longer-term or more severe impacts. Reported mortality is thought to be less prone to bias than other reported measures. This study aimed to answer the question: What are the impacts of WASH interventions on reported childhood mortality in L&MICs?

Methods and findings

We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis, using a published protocol. Systematic searc

SUBMITTER: Sharma Waddington H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10118100 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature