Health Impacts of Improved Household Sanitation
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position paper Nov 2006
Aut. Beth Scott
Ed. WELL - Leicestershire
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Abstract:
The health benefits of improved household sanitation are broad in scope, ranging from reductions in diarrhoea, helminth infections and trachoma through reduced risk of accidents and/or sexual harassment, to enhanced psycho-social well-being afforded via such factors as improved dignity and social standing. Despite methodological issues in quantifying the health benefits of improved sanitation, there is no doubt it can have significant impact on household health. The provision and consistent use of sanitation isolates contaminated faeces from the environment breaking down the faecal-oral transmission of disease. The evidence for the protective effect of sanitation against diarrhoea is greatest, with latrines potentially reducing the diarrhoea disease by an average of 36%
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Water and Environmental Health at London and Loughborough - Leicestershire - United Kingdom |
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