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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Water source and diarrhoeal disease risk in children under 5 years old in Cambodia: A prospective diary based study
BMC Public Health, Volume 13, No. 1, Article 1145, Year 2013
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Background: Despite claims that the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) targets on access to safe drinking water have been met, many 100 s of millions of people still have no access. The challenge remains how to provide these people and especially young children with safe drinking water. Method. We report a longitudinal study designed to assess the effectiveness of an intervention based on provided treated drinking water in containers on self-reported diarrhoea in children. The intervention was "1001 fontaines pour demain" (1001 F) is a non-governmental not for profit organization (created in 2004 and based in Caluire, France) that helps local entrepreneurs treat package, and sell safe drinking water. Cases and controls were chosen at village and household level by propensity score matching Participants were visited twice a month over six months and asked to complete a diarrhoea health diary. Results: In total 4275 follow-up visits were completed on 376 participants from 309 homes. Diarrhoea was reported in 20.4% of children on each visit, equating to an incidence rate estimate of 5.32 episodes per child per year (95% confidence interval = 4.97 to 5.69). Compared to those drinking 1001 F water, children drinking surface water were 33% (95% CI -1 to 17%), those drinking protected ground water were 62% (95% CI 19 to 120%) and those drinking other bottled water 57% (95% CI 15 to 114%) more likely to report diarrhoea. Children drinking harvested rainwater had similar rates of diarrhoea to Children drinking 1001 F water. Conclusion: Our study suggests that 1001 F water provides a safer alternative to groundwater or surface water. Furthermore, our study raises serious concerns about the validity of assuming protected groundwater to be safe water for the purposes of assessing the MDG targets. By contrast our study provides addition evidence of the relative safety of rainwater harvesting. © 2013 Hunter et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Hunter, Paul R.
United Kingdom, Norwich
University of East Anglia, Norwich Medical School
South Africa, Pretoria
Tshwane University of Technology
Risebro, Helen
United Kingdom, Norwich
University of East Anglia, Norwich Medical School
Yen, Marie
France, Nevers
Not Available
Lefebvre, Hélène
France, Nevers
Not Available
Lo, Chay
Cambodia, Phnom Penh
Not Available
Hartemann, Philippe
France, Nancy
Université de Lorraine
Longuet, Christophe
France, Lyon
Fondation Mérieux
Jaquenoud, François
France, Nevers
Not Available
Statistics
Citations: 17
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/1471-2458-13-1145
e-ISSN:
14712458
Research Areas
Environmental
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Cohort Study
Case-Control Study
Study Approach
Quantitative