Association between vaccine preventable diseases in children and improved sanitation following a nationwide sanitation campaign in India: an ecological analysis
Objective Persistent exposure to faecal pathogens due to open defecation may cause environmental enteropathy that, in turn, may lead to undernutrition and vaccine failure in under 5-year-old (u5) children. The Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) programme in India, launched in 2014, aimed to construct toile...
| Published in: | BMJ Open |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2022-04-01
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| Online Access: | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/4/e052937.full |