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Assessing the Impact of Improved Water Supply on Health Outcomes in Rural Tanzania
Tanzania Economic Review
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Assessing the Impact of Improved Water Supply on Health Outcomes in Rural Tanzania
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Mdadila, Kenneth; University of Dar es Salaam
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This paper, using quasi-experimental methods, assesses the impact of access to water fromimproved sources on health outcomes of rural households in Tanzania. The study employsPropensity Score Matching techniques in estimating the impact. The outcome variable ofinterest is diarrhoea incidence among children and households, respectively, in ruralTanzania. Results show that health impact due to improved access to water is notableamong all household members and limited among children under five years. Access towater from improved sources reduces diarrhoea incidence by 10.2% and 2.6% among ruralhouseholds and children, respectively, in the treatment communities. The results further show that sanitation and hygiene promotion interventions are not integrated with theprovision of water from improved sources. The mean difference between treatment andcontrol communities on sanitation (usage and ownership of latrine) and hygiene (handwashingbehaviours) are not statistically significant up to 10 percent.The study draws the following policy implications:increasing access of water from improved sources should be an integrated process packaged with sanitation and hygiene interventions since the absence of integration reduces health returns of investing in water nfrastructure;deliberate interventions are needed to enhance mothers’ knowledge about hygiene practises for better outcomes of child health.
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Dar es Salaam University Press
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2016-02-13
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article |
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application/pdf
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https://journals.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/ter/article/view/2469
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Tanzania Economic Review; Vol 7, No 1&2 (2017): TER
2507-7740 0856-3373 |
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eng
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https://journals.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/ter/article/view/2469/2539
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Copyright (c) 2016 Tanzania Economic Review
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