Effectiveness of a household water, sanitation and hygiene package on an outpatient program for severe acute malnutrition: A pragmatic cluster-randomized controlled trial in Chad

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 1005-1012

  Altmann, Mathias ^a   Altare, Chiara ^a   Van Der Spek, Nanette ^b   Barbiche, Jean Christophe ^a   Dodos, Jovana ^a   Bechir, Mahamat ^c   Aissa, Myriam Ait ^a   Kolsteren, Patrick ^d  

^a Action Contre la Faim   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Alliance Sahélienne de Recherches Appliquées pour le Développement Durable   (Chad)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT GAIN; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VOMITING; WATER QUALITY; WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE PACKAGE PROGRAM; CHAD; GROWTH DISORDER; HYGIENE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SANITATION; STANDARDS;

WATER;

CHAD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OUTPATIENTS; SANITATION; SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION; WATER; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 85045422085     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0699     Document Type: Article

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