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Sanitation, disease, and nutritional status (Freeman, 2017)
ID:
UWSR029
Full title:
The impact of sanitation on infectious disease and nutritional status: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s):
Freeman et al.
Publication date:
Sunday, January 1, 2017
Maps:
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Evidence Gap Map: 2020 update
Confidence Level:
Low
Number of Impact Evaluations :
171
Regions:
East Asia and Pacific
Latin America and the Caribbean
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Population:
Rural
Urban
Slum (informal settlement)
Interventions:
Direct hardware provision
Health messaging
Direct provision with health messaging
Participatory psychosocial triggering (e.g. CLTS)
Subsidies and microfinance
Health messaging with systems-based approaches
Psychosocial triggering with systems-based approaches
Outcomes:
Diarrhoeal disease
Other water-related infections
Anthropometry and anaemia
Type of technology:
Sanitation: latrines for communal use
Sanitation: latrines for household use
Sanitation: safe waste disposal system
Combined water supply and sanitation (WSS)
Combined hygiene with water and/or sanitation