Impact of the provision of safe drinking water on school absence rates in Cambodia:a quasi-experimental study

Education is one of the most important drivers behind helping people in developing countries lift themselves out of poverty. However, even when schooling is available absenteeism rates can be high. Recently interest has focussed on whether or not WASH interventions can help reduce absenteeism in developing countries. However, none has focused exclusively on the role of drinking water provision. We report a study of the association between absenteeism and provision of treated water in containers into schools

Absenteeism rate by school and week.

<p>Solid line shows rates for intervention schools and broken line for control schools.</p

Characteristics of the villages in which the schools were based.

<p>School codes prefixed with I received the free water and those prefixed by C did not. Data from The National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, Royal Government of Cambodia (<a href="http://www.nis.gov.kh/index.php/online-statistics/resultonline" target="_blank">http://www.nis.gov.kh/index.php/online-statistics/resultonline</a>).</p

Risk factors for absenteeism in school with incomplete delivery of water containers during the dry season.

<p>Risk factors for absenteeism in school with incomplete delivery of water containers during the dry season.</p

Risk factors for absenteeism rates in schools.

<p>Risk factors for absenteeism rates in schools.</p

Water source and diarrhoeal disease risk in children under 5 years old in Cambodia: A prospective diary based study

Despite claims that the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) targets on access to safe drinking water have been met, many 100 s of millions of people still have no access. The challenge remains how to provide these people and especially young children with safe drinking water