Expand safe water, sanitation and hygiene to reduce infections and antibiotic demand
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Provide reliable drinking water, sanitation, sewage treatment and handwashing infrastructure to interrupt infection transmission and reduce the need for antibiotics.
Rural Bangladesh
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The WASH Benefits cluster-randomized trial evaluated household water, sanitation, handwashing, and nutrition interventions among young children in rural Bangladesh. A secondary analysis examined caregiver-reported antib…
Children using antibiotics at least once10 to 14 percent lower in intervention groupsrelative prevalence
Children using antibiotics multiple times24 to 35 percent lower in intervention groupsrelative prevalence
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