2024
Yes
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-024-03558-x
Bick, Sarah
Africa
Experimental
Students
Elementary (K-5)
Middle/Jr High (6-8)
Water quality
Absenteeism
Respiratory symptoms
Infections
School health
Hand hygiene
Water
Respiratory illness
Diarrhoea
School absence
Ethiopia
A cluster-randomised trial in 60 Addis Ababa schools assessed WASH interventions among 6,229 children. Respiratory illness fell by 16%, but no effects were seen on diarrhoea or absence, suggesting limited impact of WASH programs on attendance and education.