Chapter 8: Clean is nourished: The links between WASH and nutrition [Nourishing Millions]

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 nutr...

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Main Author: Yosef, Sivan
Format: Ponencia
Language:Inglés
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/133293
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description 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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spelling CGSpace1332932025-11-06T05:26:48Z Chapter 8: Clean is nourished: The links between WASH and nutrition [Nourishing Millions] Yosef, Sivan health nutrition poverty developing countries countries sanitation malnutrition education 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 2016-06-23 2023-11-10T08:55:17Z 2023-11-10T08:55:17Z Presentation https://hdl.handle.net/10568/133293 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295889_08 Open Access application/pdf
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nutrition
poverty
developing countries
countries
sanitation
malnutrition
education
Yosef, Sivan
Chapter 8: Clean is nourished: The links between WASH and nutrition [Nourishing Millions]
title Chapter 8: Clean is nourished: The links between WASH and nutrition [Nourishing Millions]
title_full Chapter 8: Clean is nourished: The links between WASH and nutrition [Nourishing Millions]
title_fullStr Chapter 8: Clean is nourished: The links between WASH and nutrition [Nourishing Millions]
title_full_unstemmed Chapter 8: Clean is nourished: The links between WASH and nutrition [Nourishing Millions]
title_short Chapter 8: Clean is nourished: The links between WASH and nutrition [Nourishing Millions]
title_sort chapter 8 clean is nourished the links between wash and nutrition nourishing millions
topic health
nutrition
poverty
developing countries
countries
sanitation
malnutrition
education
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