Water, sanitation, and hygiene in rural health-care facilities: a cross-sectional study in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1033-1042

  Guo, Amy ^a   Bowling, J Michael ^b   Bartram, Jamie ^a   Kayser, Georgia ^a,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; SOAP;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHIOPIA; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; KENYA; MOZAMBIQUE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RWANDA; SANITATION; WATER SUPPLY; ZAMBIA; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UGANDA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; HYGIENE; KENYA; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; RWANDA; SANITATION; UGANDA; WATER SUPPLY; ZAMBIA;

EID: 85031704014     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0208     Document Type: Article

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