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In Europe, the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance (AMR) has become a serious public health threat. Rational antibiotic policy, combined with enforcement of infection control practices are key strategies to combat AMR in the hospital setting. Using timeseries analysis, we calculated...
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use the newly available data set DLHS-3 to quantify the impact of access to improved sanitation on diarrheal morbidity for … children under five years of age in India. Using Propensity Score Matching (PSM), we find that access to improved sanitation … improved sanitation. We neither find statistically signicant treatment effects for children in low or middle socioeconomic …
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We investigated the impacts of piped water on water quality, sanitation, hygiene and health outcomes in marginalized … group of households to identify gains in water-sanitation, hygiene and health outcomes. We found that the BMDA piped water …
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Safe and adequate water supply is a vital element to preserve human health; however, access to clean water is limited in many developing countries. Furthermore, improved water sources are often contaminated with fecal matters and consumption of unsafe water poses a great public health risk. This...
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This paper examines the impact of drinking water quality and sanitation behavior on child health in rural districts of … methods to quantify the impacts of water quality and sanitation behavior on diarrhea incidence among children under five years … desired health benefits of sanitation. To protect rural households from the risk of contracting communicable diseases …
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We investigate girls' school dropout rates, bringing forward a novel variable: access to water. We hypothesise that a girl's education suffers when her greater water need for female hygiene purposes after menarche is not met because her household has poor access to water. For testing we use data...
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