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Title Evaluation of the effect of poor water, sanitation and hygiene practices on growth and the incidence of infectious diseases in infants and young children aged 6-23 months in a selected rural district, Zambia
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6430
Date 2018
Author(s) Habulembe, Raider
Contributor(s) Steyn, Nelia
Abstract Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (School of Public Health) - Poor water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services and practices in communities are known to be responsible for most of the infections occurring among infants and young children in developing countries. A combined effect of disease, poor diet, care practices and other factors among infants/children are known to lead to undernutrition reported in most developing countries. Apart from the reduced growth and productivity potential that malnutrition exhibits on the affected population, it is also an underlying cause to 50% of child mortality in poor communities. In light of this, the primary objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of poor WASH practices on growth and infectious disease incidence in infants and young children aged 6-23 months in the rural district of Monze in Zambia. - 2018-12-31
Subject(s) Water, sanitation, and hygiene practices, Diseases, Infant and child feeding and care, Infant and child growth, Malnutrition, Nutritional status, Monze, Zambia
Language en
Publisher University of the Western Cape
Rights University of the Western Cape
Repository Cape Town - Theses and Dissertations, University of Western Cape
Added to C-A: 2018-10-01;09:21:41