Title | Improving hygiene |
Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
Year of Publication | 2009 |
Authors | London, GBWaterAid - |
Secondary Title | WaterAid issue sheet |
Pagination | 2 p.; photographs |
Date Published | 2009-11-01 |
Publisher | WaterAid |
Place Published | London, UK |
Keywords | case studies, health education, personal hygiene |
Abstract | Good hygiene practices, such as hand-washing and safe drinking water storage, are essential for maximising the health benefits of safe water sources and sanitation facilities. Evidence shows that when good hygiene accompanies the provision of water and sanitation the number of deaths caused by diarrhoeal diseases is reduced by an average of 65%. [authors abstract] |
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