The WASH Benefits and SHINE trials: interpretation of WASH intervention effects on linear growth and diarrhoea

Summary: Child stunting is a global problem and is only modestly responsive to dietary interventions. Numerous observational studies have shown that water quality, sanitation, and handwashing (WASH) in a household are strongly associated with linear growth of children living in the same household. W...

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Main Authors: Amy J Pickering, PhD, Clair Null, PhD, Peter J Winch, ProfMD, Goldberg Mangwadu, PhD, Benjamin F Arnold, PhD, Andrew J Prendergast, ProfDPhil, Sammy M Njenga, ProfPhD, Mahbubur Rahman, MBBS, Robert Ntozini, MPH, Jade Benjamin-Chung, PhD, Christine P Stewart, PhD, Tarique M N Huda, PhD, Lawrence H Moulton, ProfPhD, John M Colford, Jr, ProfMD, Stephen P Luby, ProfMD, Jean H Humphrey, ProfScD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-08-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X19302682