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Impact of drinking water, sanitation and handwashing with soap on childhood diarrhoeal disease: updated meta‐analysis and meta‐regression

J. Wolf, Paul R. Hunter, Matthew C. Freeman, O. Cumming, T. Clasen, J. Bartram, J. Higgins, R. Johnston et al.

Tropical medicine & international health, 2018

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Abstract

Safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene are protective against diarrhoeal disease; a leading cause of child mortality. The main objective was an updated assessment of the impact of unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) on childhood diarrhoeal disease.

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