Preventing diarrheal disease in developing countries : proven household water treatment options

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; United States. Agency for International Development.;
• Description:
  The health consequences of inadequate water and sanitation services include an estimated 4 billion cases of diarrhea and ; 1.9 million deaths each year, mostly among young children in developing countries. Diarrheal diseases lead to decreased ; food intake and nutrient absorption, malnutrition, reduced resistance to infection, and impaired physical growth and ; cognitive development. Since 1996, a large body of work has been published that has examined the health impact of ; interventions to improve water quality at the point-of-use through household water treatment and safe storage (HWTS). ; Five interventions – chlorination, solar disinfection, ceramic filtration, slow sand filtration, and PUR – have been proven ; to reduce diarrhea in users in developing countries and improve the microbiological quality of stored household water and are discussed below. The most appropriate HWTS option for a location depends on existing water and sanitation conditions, water quality, cultural acceptability, implementation feasibility, availability of HWTS technologies, and other local conditions.
• Subjects:
  • Diarrhea/prevention & Control
  • Drinking Water
  • Sanitation/methods
  • Water Purification/methods
  • Water Supply
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  1 unnumbered page
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/51530/cdc_51530_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 118.78 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a1375c2d0fa44b376e88337677a8a00b207ba536c1f7b1640d4263ec10a9503a