Effects of household access to water, sanitation, and hygiene services on under-five mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest under-five mortality rate and is among the regions where people have the least access to adequate Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services. The work aimed to investigate the effects of WASH conditions faced by children on under-five mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Methods

We carried out secondary analyses using the Demographic and Health Survey datasets of 30 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study population consisted of children born within 5 years preceding the selected surveys. The dependent variable was the child's status (1 = deceased versus 0 = alive) on the survey day. The individual WASH conditions in which children live were assessed in their immediate environment, i.e., at the level of their households of r

SUBMITTER: Gaffan N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10173862 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature