An individual-level meta-analysis assessing the impact of community-level sanitation access on child stunting anemia and diarrhea: Evidence from DHS and MICS surveys

摘要

BackgroundA lack of access to sanitation is an important risk factor child health, facilitating fecal-oral transmission of pathogens including soil-transmitted helminthes and various causes of diarrheal disease. We conducted a meta-analysis of cross-sectional surveys to determine the impact that community-level sanitation access has on child health for children with and without household sanitation access.