A safer start in life: handwashing and child health in Kisumu, Kenya

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A safer start in life: handwashing and child health in Kisumu, Kenya

We outline handwashing and child health in informal settlements in Kisumu, Kenya; plans to improve it; and we need to do. Calling for: • Understanding of barriers to hand hygiene • Recognition of links between diarrhoea, malnutrition & life prospects • Greater funding for hygiene programmes
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Topics

  • Diseases

Categories

  • toilets
  • handwashing
  • sanitation
  • kenya
  • diarrhoea
  • health
  • world toilet day
  • development
  • environment
  • practical action
  • poverty

Contacts

Andy Heath

Press contact Engagement manager Practical Action external relations, energy, urban sanitation, disasters, agriculture + 44 (0) 1926 634 552 (office)

Abbie Wells

Press contact Press & Media Officer, Practical Action + 44 (0) 1926 634 510 (office)

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