2018 journal article

Effects of Water, Sanitation, Handwashing, and Nutritional Interventions on Child Enteric Protozoan Infections in Rural Bangladesh: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 67(10), 1515–1522.

By: A. Lin *, A. Ercumen* , J. Benjamin-Chung *, B. Arnold *, S. Das *, R. Haque *, S. Ashraf *, S. Parvez * ...

author keywords: water; sanitation; hygiene; nutrition; Giardia
MeSH headings : Adolescent; Adult; Bangladesh / epidemiology; Child; Child, Preschool; Cluster Analysis; Cryptosporidiosis / epidemiology; Entamoebiasis / epidemiology; Feces / parasitology; Female; Giardiasis / epidemiology; Hand Disinfection; Humans; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / epidemiology; Male; Middle Aged; Nutritional Status; Pregnant Women; Prevalence; Protozoan Infections / epidemiology; Rural Population; Sanitation; Water; Young Adult
TL;DR: To reduce Giardia infection, individual interventions may be more feasible and cost-effective than combined interventions in similar rural, low-income settings. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: January 30, 2019

The trial found that individual handwashing and sanitation interventions significantly reduced childhood Giardia infections. Combined interventions provided no additional benefit. To reduce Giardia infection, individual interventions may be more feasible and cost-effective than combined interventions in similar rural, low-income settings.