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The association between water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) conditions and drowning in Bangladesh

Author(s) -

Jagnoor Jagnoor,

Medhavi Gupta,

Kamran Ul Baset,

Daniel T. Ryan,

Rebecca Ivers,

Aminur Rahman

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of water and health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.482

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1996-7829

pISSN - 1477-8920

DOI - 10.2166/wh.2018.243

Subject(s) - sanitation , hygiene , toilet , environmental health , medicine , environmental science , environmental engineering , pathology

The present study investigated associations between water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) factors and fatal and non-fatal drowning events in Bangladesh. Here, we report findings from a large household survey (89,700) conducted in Barisal Division of Bangladesh. Univariate analyses showed that the use of surface water rather than piped water was associated with an increased risk of both fatal and non-fatal drowning events. Additionally, increased risk of non-fatal drowning events was associated with shared toilet facilities, lack of toilet facilities and non-cemented flooring such as bamboo and wood. The WASH measures reduce the need to access exposure to open water, thus reducing drowning events.

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