Association of nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene practices with children’s nutritional status, intestinal parasitic infections and diarrhoea in rural Nepal: a cross-sectional study

Association of nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene practices with children’s nutritional status, intestinal parasitic infections and diarrhoea in rural Nepal: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Providing universal access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in remote Nepal remains challenging. We investigated WASH conditions and their association with children’s nutritional status, intestinal parasitic infections and diarrhoea. Methods Data was collected through...

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Main Authors: Akina Shrestha, Jeanne Six, Dikshya Dahal, Sara Marks, Regula Meierhofer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Child health
Drinking water quality
Sanitation and hygiene
Diarrhoea
Intestinal parasitic infections
Nepal
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-020-09302-3

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