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

ABSTRACT:

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 exposure to pathogens. We utilized antibody responses from dried blood spots (DBS) to measure the impact of a school WASH intervention on infectious disease among pupils in Mali.

Methodology/principal findings

We randomly selected 21 beneficiary primary schools and their 21 matched comparison schools participating in a matched-control trial of a comprehensive school-based WASH intervention in Mali. DBS were collected from 20 randomly selected pupils in each school (n = 807). We an

SUBMITTER: Chard AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5919668 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature