#wash-infrastructure
Issues, solutions, and case studies for wash-infrastructure
Solutions 1
#00379Expand safe water, sanitation and hygiene to reduce infections and antibiotic demand
Provide reliable drinking water, sanitation, sewage treatment and handwashing infrastructure to interrupt infection transmission and reduce the need for antibiotics.
Case studies 1
Rural Bangladesh
PartialRegion
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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