Effect of a community-led sanitation intervention on child diarrhoea and child growth in rural Mali: A cluster-randomised controlled trial

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2015, Pages e701-e711

  Pickering, Amy J ^a   Djebbari, Habiba ^b   Lopez, Carolina ^c   Coulibaly, Massa ^d   Alzua, Maria Laura ^c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^d Great Mali   (Mali)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; MALI; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALI; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; TOILET FACILITIES;

EID: 84944244564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00144-8     Document Type: Article

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