MORE THAN 660 million people lack access to an improved water source and 2.4 billion people lack access to improved sanitation. Growing awareness of the global challenge we face in improving water, sanitation, and hygiene, widely known as WASH, has gained the problem a prominent place on global nutrition and health agendas. And an expanding body of research points to the great potential of WASH, as a set of interventions, to improve nutrition and health. For example, systematic reviews have shown that improving water quality can reduce the risk of diarrhea by 17 percent; and introducing hand hygiene interventions can reduce gastrointestinal by 31 percent and respiratory illness by 21 percent
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出版者
International Food Policy Research Institute
其它主题
Micronutrient deficiencies; Wasting disease
语言
英语
许可
Open Access
类型
Book Chapter; Book Part; Book
来源
Yosef, Sivan. 2016. Clean is nourished: The links between WASH and nutrition. In Nourishing millions: Stories of change in nutrition. Gillespie, Stuart; Hodge, Judith; Yosef, Sivan; and Pandya-Lorch, Rajul (Eds.) Ch. 8 Pp. 73-78. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295889_08.
2024-11-28
2026-02-03
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