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. 2014 Dec 12;11(12):e1001771.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001771. eCollection 2014 Dec.

From joint thinking to joint action: a call to action on improving water, sanitation, and hygiene for maternal and newborn health

Yael Velleman  1 , Elizabeth Mason  2 , Wendy Graham  3 , Lenka Benova  4 , Mickey Chopra  5 , Oona M R Campbell  4 , Bruce Gordon  6 , Sanjay Wijesekera  5 , Sennen Hounton  7 , Joanna Esteves Mills  4 , Val Curtis  4 , Kaosar Afsana  8 , Sophie Boisson  6 , Moke Magoma  9 , Sandy Cairncross  4 , Oliver Cumming  4
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From joint thinking to joint action: a call to action on improving water, sanitation, and hygiene for maternal and newborn health

Yael Velleman et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Yael Velleman and colleagues argue for stronger integration between the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and maternal and newborn health sectors. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.

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Conflict of interest statement

VC has research funds and consultancies on public health from Wellcome, DFID, World Bank, Kimberly Clarke, Unilever, Comic Relief, and Go-Jo Industries.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Proportions of births occurring in current household environments in the five years preceding the survey, by type of WATSAN environment.
Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals of estimates. Definitions: Birth environments were defined as “WATSAN safe” or “WATSAN unsafe,” rather than “WASH safe”/“WASH unsafe.” WATSAN-safe was defined as the availability of and access to improved water sources and improved sanitation facilities, but not including hygiene practices, water quality, or consistency of availability. Source: Demographic and health surveys (DHS) data for the four countries shown (year of survey in parentheses); analysis as described by Benova and colleagues .
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