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Relationship between Wash and childhood diarrhoea

Relationship between Wash and childhood diarrhoea

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Rwanda met the Millennium Development Goal targets for access to drinking water and sanitation. However, the WASH practices of high-risk communities are undocumented. Lack of information may hide disparities that correlate with disease. The purpose of this study was to assess WASH and childhood diarrhoea in Bugesera District. A survey was administe...

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... prevalence and type among children age five and under was also established (table 1). Diarrhoea was reported for 39 (15.2 per cent) breastfed children during 24 hours prior to data collection. ...

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