The BBC reports on new evidence from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) that says clean water and soap play a role in children's growth.
The BBC reports on new evidence from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) that says clean water and soap play a role in children's growth. A review of global data found evidence of an increase in height (0.5cm) in children under 5 years of age living in houses with good sanitation. Clean water is part of the WASH strategy - water, sanitation, hygiene - to reduce illness and death from disease in developing countries.
The World Health Organization defines sanitation as the provision of facilities and services for the safe disposal of human waste, and hygiene as a set of practices associated with preservation of health, like environmental cleaning, sterilization of equipment and hand hygiene.
"This is the first time really that evidence has been provided to support the provision of water sanitation and hygiene interventions to improve growth," said Dr. Alan Dangour of LSHTM.
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Read more about WASH from the World Health Organization and Unicef.