Effectiveness of a rural sanitation programme on diarrhoea, soil-transmitted helminth infection, and child malnutrition in Odisha, India

THis study is a cluster-randomised control trial

• From: Department for International Development
• Published: 1 January 2014

• Country: India
• Document Type: Journal Article
• Theme: Food and Nutrition, Water and Sanitation
• Authors: Jenkins, M., Clasen, T., Sinha, A., Schmidt, W.P., Boisson, S., Ensink, J., Freeman, M., Cumming, O., Torondel, B., Bell, M., Routray, P., Odagiri, M., Ray, S., Suar, M.

Abstract

This journal paper outlines the findings of a Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity (SHARE) funded cluster-randomised control trial that investigated the effectiveness of a rural sanitation intervention on the prevention of diarrhoea, soil-transmitted helminths infection and child malnutrition in Odisha, India.

Citation

Clasen, T.; Boisson, S.; Routray, P.; Torondel, B.; Bell, M.; Cumming, O.; Ensink, J.; Freeman, M.; Jenkins, M.; Odagiri, M.; Ray, S.; Sinha, A.; Suar, M.; Schmidt, W.P. Effectiveness of a rural sanitation programme on diarrhoea, soil-transmitted helminth infection, and child malnutrition in Odisha, India: a cluster-randomised trial. Lancet Global Health (2014) 2 (11) e645-e653. [DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70307-9]

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Effectiveness of a rural sanitation programme on diarrhoea, soil-transmitted helminth infection, and child malnutrition in Odisha, India: a cluster-randomised trial

Published 1 January 2014