Interventions to improve water quality for preventing diarrhoea
Identifieur interne : 000C19 ( Pmc/Checkpoint ); précédent : 000C18; suivant : 000C20Interventions to improve water quality for preventing diarrhoea
Auteurs : Thomas F. Clasen [États-Unis] ; Kelly T. Alexander [États-Unis] ; David Sinclair [Royaume-Uni] ; Sophie Boisson [Royaume-Uni] ; Rachel Peletz [Kenya] ; Howard H. Chang [États-Unis] ; Fiona Majorin [Royaume-Uni] ; Sandy Cairncross [Royaume-Uni]Source :
- The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews [ 1469-493X ] ; 2015.
Abstract
Diarrhoea is a major cause of death and disease, especially among young children in low-income countries. In these settings, many infectious agents associated with diarrhoea are spread through water contaminated with faeces.
In remote and low-income settings, source-based water quality improvement includes providing protected groundwater (springs, wells, and bore holes), or harvested rainwater as an alternative to surface sources (rivers and lakes). Point-of-use water quality improvement interventions include boiling, chlorination, flocculation, filtration, or solar disinfection, mainly conducted at home.
To assess the effectiveness of interventions to improve water quality for preventing diarrhoea.
We searched the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group Specialized Register (11 November 2014), CENTRAL (the Cochrane Library, 7 November 2014), MEDLINE (1966 to 10 November 2014), EMBASE (1974 to 10 November 2014), and LILACS (1982 to 7 November 2014). We also handsearched relevant conference proceedings, contacted researchers and organizations working in the field, and checked references from identified studies through 11 November 2014.
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs), quasi-RCTs, and controlled before-and-after studies (CBA) comparing interventions aimed at improving the microbiological quality of drinking water with no intervention in children and adults.
Two review authors independently assessed trial quality and extracted data. We used meta-analyses to estimate pooled measures of effect, where appropriate, and investigated potential sources of heterogeneity using subgroup analyses. We assessed the quality of evidence using the GRADE approach.
Forty-five cluster-RCTs, two quasi-RCTs, and eight CBA studies, including over 84,000 participants, met the inclusion criteria. Most included studies were conducted in low- or middle-income countries (LMICs) (50 studies) with unimproved water sources (30 studies) and unimproved or unclear sanitation (34 studies). The primary outcome in most studies was self-reported diarrhoea, which is at high risk of bias due to the lack of blinding in over 80% of the included studies.
Source-based water quality improvements
There is currently insufficient evidence to know if source-based improvements such as protected wells, communal tap stands, or chlorination/filtration of community sources consistently reduce diarrhoea (one cluster-RCT, five CBA studies,
Point-of-use water quality interventions
On average, distributing water disinfection products for use at the household level may reduce diarrhoea by around one quarter (Home chlorination products: RR 0.77, 95% CI 0.65 to 0.91; 14 trials, 30,746 participants,
Point-of-use filtration systems probably reduce diarrhoea by around a half (RR 0.48, 95% CI 0.38 to 0.59, 18 trials, 15,582 participants,
In low-income settings, solar water disinfection (SODIS) by distribution of plastic bottles with instructions to leave filled bottles in direct sunlight for at least six hours before drinking probably reduces diarrhoea by around a third (RR 0.62, 95% CI 0.42 to 0.94; four trials, 3460 participants,
In subgroup analyses, larger effects were seen in trials with higher adherence, and trials that provided a safe storage container. In most cases, the reduction in diarrhoea shown in the studies was evident in settings with improved and unimproved water sources and sanitation.
Interventions that address the microbial contamination of water at the point-of-use may be important interim measures to improve drinking water quality until homes can be reached with safe, reliable, piped-in water connections. The average estimates of effect for each individual point-of-use intervention generally show important effects. Comparisons between these estimates do not provide evidence of superiority of one intervention over another, as such comparisons are confounded by the study setting, design, and population.
Further studies assessing the effects of household connections and chlorination at the point of delivery will help improve our knowledge base. As evidence suggests effectiveness improves with adherence, studies assessing programmatic approaches to optimising coverage and long-term utilization of these interventions among vulnerable populations could also help strategies to improve health outcomes.
This Cochrane Review summarizes trials evaluating different interventions to improve water quality and prevent diarrhoea. After searching for relevant trials up to 11 November 2014, we included 55 studies enrolling over 84,000 participants. Most included studies were conducted in low- or middle-income countries (LMICs) (50 studies), with unimproved water sources (30 studies), and unimproved or unclear sanitation (34 studies).
Diarrhoea is a major cause of death and disease, especially among young children in low-income countries where the most common causes are faecally contaminated water and food, or poor hygiene practices.
In remote and low-income settings, source-based water quality improvement may include providing protected groundwater (springs, wells, and bore holes) or harvested rainwater as an alternative to surface sources (rivers and lakes). Alternatively water may be treated at the point-of-use in people's homes by boiling, chlorination, flocculation, filtration, or solar disinfection. These point-of-use interventions have the potential to overcome both contaminated sources and recontamination of safe water in the home.
There is currently insufficient evidence to know if source-based improvements in water supplies, such as protected wells and communal tap stands or treatment of communal supplies, consistently reduce diarrhoea in low-income settings (
On average, distributing disinfection products for use in the home may reduce diarrhoea by around one quarter in the case of chlorine products (
Water filtration at home probably reduces diarrhoea by around a half (
In low-income settings, distributing plastic bottles with instructions to leave filled bottles in direct sunlight for at least six hours before drinking probably reduces diarrhoea by around a third (
Research assessing the effects of household connections and chlorination at the point of delivery will help improve our knowledge base. Evidence indicates the more people use the various interventions for improving water quality, the larger the effects, so research into practical approaches to increase coverage and help assure long term use of them in poor groups will help improve impact.
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<front><div type="abstract" xml:lang="en"><sec><title>Background</title>
<p>Diarrhoea is a major cause of death and disease, especially among young children in low-income countries. In these settings, many infectious agents associated with diarrhoea are spread through water contaminated with faeces.</p>
<p>In remote and low-income settings, source-based water quality improvement includes providing protected groundwater (springs, wells, and bore holes), or harvested rainwater as an alternative to surface sources (rivers and lakes). Point-of-use water quality improvement interventions include boiling, chlorination, flocculation, filtration, or solar disinfection, mainly conducted at home.</p>
</sec>
<sec><title>Objectives</title>
<p>To assess the effectiveness of interventions to improve water quality for preventing diarrhoea.</p>
</sec>
<sec><title>Search methods</title>
<p>We searched the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group Specialized Register (11 November 2014), CENTRAL (the Cochrane Library, 7 November 2014), MEDLINE (1966 to 10 November 2014), EMBASE (1974 to 10 November 2014), and LILACS (1982 to 7 November 2014). We also handsearched relevant conference proceedings, contacted researchers and organizations working in the field, and checked references from identified studies through 11 November 2014.</p>
</sec>
<sec><title>Selection criteria</title>
<p>Randomized controlled trials (RCTs), quasi-RCTs, and controlled before-and-after studies (CBA) comparing interventions aimed at improving the microbiological quality of drinking water with no intervention in children and adults.</p>
</sec>
<sec><title>Data collection and analysis</title>
<p>Two review authors independently assessed trial quality and extracted data. We used meta-analyses to estimate pooled measures of effect, where appropriate, and investigated potential sources of heterogeneity using subgroup analyses. We assessed the quality of evidence using the GRADE approach.</p>
</sec>
<sec><title>Main results</title>
<p>Forty-five cluster-RCTs, two quasi-RCTs, and eight CBA studies, including over 84,000 participants, met the inclusion criteria. Most included studies were conducted in low- or middle-income countries (LMICs) (50 studies) with unimproved water sources (30 studies) and unimproved or unclear sanitation (34 studies). The primary outcome in most studies was self-reported diarrhoea, which is at high risk of bias due to the lack of blinding in over 80% of the included studies.</p>
<p>Source-based water quality improvements</p>
<p>There is currently insufficient evidence to know if source-based improvements such as protected wells, communal tap stands, or chlorination/filtration of community sources consistently reduce diarrhoea (one cluster-RCT, five CBA studies, <italic>very low quality evidence</italic>
). We found no studies evaluating reliable piped-in water supplies delivered to households.</p>
<p>Point-of-use water quality interventions</p>
<p>On average, distributing water disinfection products for use at the household level may reduce diarrhoea by around one quarter (Home chlorination products: RR 0.77, 95% CI 0.65 to 0.91; 14 trials, 30,746 participants, <italic>low quality evidence</italic>
; flocculation and disinfection sachets: RR 0.69, 95% CI 0.58 to 0.82, four trials, 11,788 participants, <italic>moderate quality evidence</italic>
). However, there was substantial heterogeneity in the size of the effect estimates between individual studies.</p>
<p>Point-of-use filtration systems probably reduce diarrhoea by around a half (RR 0.48, 95% CI 0.38 to 0.59, 18 trials, 15,582 participants, <italic>moderate quality evidence</italic>
). Important reductions in diarrhoea episodes were shown with ceramic filters, biosand systems and LifeStraw® filters; (Ceramic: RR 0.39, 95% CI 0.28 to 0.53; eight trials, 5763 participants, <italic>moderate quality evidence</italic>
; Biosand: RR 0.47, 95% CI 0.39 to 0.57; four trials, 5504 participants, <italic>moderate quality evidence</italic>
; LifeStraw®: RR 0.69, 95% CI 0.51 to 0.93; three trials, 3259 participants, <italic>low quality evidence</italic>
). Plumbed in filters have only been evaluated in high-income settings (RR 0.81, 95% CI 0.71 to 0.94, three trials, 1056 participants, fixed effects model).</p>
<p>In low-income settings, solar water disinfection (SODIS) by distribution of plastic bottles with instructions to leave filled bottles in direct sunlight for at least six hours before drinking probably reduces diarrhoea by around a third (RR 0.62, 95% CI 0.42 to 0.94; four trials, 3460 participants, <italic>moderate quality evidence</italic>
).</p>
<p>In subgroup analyses, larger effects were seen in trials with higher adherence, and trials that provided a safe storage container. In most cases, the reduction in diarrhoea shown in the studies was evident in settings with improved and unimproved water sources and sanitation.</p>
</sec>
<sec><title>Authors' conclusions</title>
<p>Interventions that address the microbial contamination of water at the point-of-use may be important interim measures to improve drinking water quality until homes can be reached with safe, reliable, piped-in water connections. The average estimates of effect for each individual point-of-use intervention generally show important effects. Comparisons between these estimates do not provide evidence of superiority of one intervention over another, as such comparisons are confounded by the study setting, design, and population.</p>
<p>Further studies assessing the effects of household connections and chlorination at the point of delivery will help improve our knowledge base. As evidence suggests effectiveness improves with adherence, studies assessing programmatic approaches to optimising coverage and long-term utilization of these interventions among vulnerable populations could also help strategies to improve health outcomes.</p>
</sec>
<sec><title>PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY</title>
<sec><title>Interventions to improve water quality and prevent diarrhoea</title>
<p>This Cochrane Review summarizes trials evaluating different interventions to improve water quality and prevent diarrhoea. After searching for relevant trials up to 11 November 2014, we included 55 studies enrolling over 84,000 participants. Most included studies were conducted in low- or middle-income countries (LMICs) (50 studies), with unimproved water sources (30 studies), and unimproved or unclear sanitation (34 studies).</p>
<p><bold>What causes diarrhoea and what water quality interventions might prevent diarrhoea?</bold>
</p>
<p>Diarrhoea is a major cause of death and disease, especially among young children in low-income countries where the most common causes are faecally contaminated water and food, or poor hygiene practices.</p>
<p>In remote and low-income settings, source-based water quality improvement may include providing protected groundwater (springs, wells, and bore holes) or harvested rainwater as an alternative to surface sources (rivers and lakes). Alternatively water may be treated at the point-of-use in people's homes by boiling, chlorination, flocculation, filtration, or solar disinfection. These point-of-use interventions have the potential to overcome both contaminated sources and recontamination of safe water in the home.</p>
<p><bold>What the research says</bold>
</p>
<p>There is currently insufficient evidence to know if source-based improvements in water supplies, such as protected wells and communal tap stands or treatment of communal supplies, consistently reduce diarrhoea in low-income settings (<italic>very low quality evidence</italic>
). We found no trials evaluating reliable piped-in water supplies to people's homes.</p>
<p>On average, distributing disinfection products for use in the home may reduce diarrhoea by around one quarter in the case of chlorine products (<italic>low quality evidence</italic>
), and around a third in the case of flocculation and disinfection sachets (<italic>moderate quality evidence</italic>
).</p>
<p>Water filtration at home probably reduces diarrhoea by around a half (<italic>moderate quality evidence</italic>
), and effects were consistently seen with ceramic filters (<italic>moderate quality evidence</italic>
), biosand systems (<italic>moderate quality evidence</italic>
) and LifeStraw® filters (<italic>low quality evidence</italic>
). Plumbed-in filtration has only been evaluated in high-income settings (<italic>low quality evidence</italic>
).</p>
<p>In low-income settings, distributing plastic bottles with instructions to leave filled bottles in direct sunlight for at least six hours before drinking probably reduces diarrhoea by around a third (<italic>moderate quality evidence</italic>
).</p>
<p>Research assessing the effects of household connections and chlorination at the point of delivery will help improve our knowledge base. Evidence indicates the more people use the various interventions for improving water quality, the larger the effects, so research into practical approaches to increase coverage and help assure long term use of them in poor groups will help improve impact.</p>
</sec>
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<front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Cochrane Database Syst Rev</journal-id>
<journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">Cochrane Database Syst Rev</journal-id>
<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">cd</journal-id>
<journal-title-group><journal-title>The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews</journal-title>
</journal-title-group>
<issn pub-type="epub">1469-493X</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>John Wiley & Sons, Ltd</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Chichester, UK</publisher-loc>
</publisher>
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<article-id pub-id-type="pmc">4625648</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1002/14651858.CD004794.pub3</article-id>
<article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Intervention Review</subject>
</subj-group>
</article-categories>
<title-group><article-title>Interventions to improve water quality for preventing diarrhoea</article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Clasen</surname>
<given-names>Thomas F</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="au1">1</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Alexander</surname>
<given-names>Kelly T</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="au1">1</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sinclair</surname>
<given-names>David</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="au2">2</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Boisson</surname>
<given-names>Sophie</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="au3">3</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Peletz</surname>
<given-names>Rachel</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="au4">4</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Chang</surname>
<given-names>Howard H</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="au5">5</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Majorin</surname>
<given-names>Fiona</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="au3">3</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Cairncross</surname>
<given-names>Sandy</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="au6">6</xref>
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<aff id="au1"><label>1</label>
<institution>Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University</institution>
<addr-line>Atlanta, USA</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="au2"><label>2</label>
<institution>Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine</institution>
<addr-line>Liverpool, UK</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="au3"><label>3</label>
<institution>Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine</institution>
<addr-line>London, UK</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="au4"><label>4</label>
<institution>Aquaya Institute</institution>
<addr-line>Nairobi, Kenya</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="au5"><label>5</label>
<institution>Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University</institution>
<addr-line>Atlanta, USA</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="au6"><label>6</label>
<institution>Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine</institution>
<addr-line>London, UK</addr-line>
</aff>
</contrib-group>
<author-notes><corresp id="cor1">Contact address: Thomas F Clasen, Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA. <email>thomas.clasen@lshtm.ac.uk</email>
.</corresp>
<fn><p><bold>Editorial group:</bold>
Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group.</p>
</fn>
<fn><p><bold>Publication status and date:</bold>
Edited (no change to conclusions), published in Issue 10, 2015.</p>
</fn>
<fn><p><bold>Review content assessed as up-to-date:</bold>
11 November 2014.</p>
</fn>
</author-notes>
<pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>20</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<issue>10</issue>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>201</lpage>
<permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright © 2015 The Authors. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. on behalf of The Cochrane Collaboration.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2015</copyright-year>
<license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0"><license-p>This is an open access article under the terms of the <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0">Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No-Derivatives</ext-link>
Licence, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.</license-p>
</license>
</permissions>
<abstract><sec><title>Background</title>
<p>Diarrhoea is a major cause of death and disease, especially among young children in low-income countries. In these settings, many infectious agents associated with diarrhoea are spread through water contaminated with faeces.</p>
<p>In remote and low-income settings, source-based water quality improvement includes providing protected groundwater (springs, wells, and bore holes), or harvested rainwater as an alternative to surface sources (rivers and lakes). Point-of-use water quality improvement interventions include boiling, chlorination, flocculation, filtration, or solar disinfection, mainly conducted at home.</p>
</sec>
<sec><title>Objectives</title>
<p>To assess the effectiveness of interventions to improve water quality for preventing diarrhoea.</p>
</sec>
<sec><title>Search methods</title>
<p>We searched the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group Specialized Register (11 November 2014), CENTRAL (the Cochrane Library, 7 November 2014), MEDLINE (1966 to 10 November 2014), EMBASE (1974 to 10 November 2014), and LILACS (1982 to 7 November 2014). We also handsearched relevant conference proceedings, contacted researchers and organizations working in the field, and checked references from identified studies through 11 November 2014.</p>
</sec>
<sec><title>Selection criteria</title>
<p>Randomized controlled trials (RCTs), quasi-RCTs, and controlled before-and-after studies (CBA) comparing interventions aimed at improving the microbiological quality of drinking water with no intervention in children and adults.</p>
</sec>
<sec><title>Data collection and analysis</title>
<p>Two review authors independently assessed trial quality and extracted data. We used meta-analyses to estimate pooled measures of effect, where appropriate, and investigated potential sources of heterogeneity using subgroup analyses. We assessed the quality of evidence using the GRADE approach.</p>
</sec>
<sec><title>Main results</title>
<p>Forty-five cluster-RCTs, two quasi-RCTs, and eight CBA studies, including over 84,000 participants, met the inclusion criteria. Most included studies were conducted in low- or middle-income countries (LMICs) (50 studies) with unimproved water sources (30 studies) and unimproved or unclear sanitation (34 studies). The primary outcome in most studies was self-reported diarrhoea, which is at high risk of bias due to the lack of blinding in over 80% of the included studies.</p>
<p>Source-based water quality improvements</p>
<p>There is currently insufficient evidence to know if source-based improvements such as protected wells, communal tap stands, or chlorination/filtration of community sources consistently reduce diarrhoea (one cluster-RCT, five CBA studies, <italic>very low quality evidence</italic>
). We found no studies evaluating reliable piped-in water supplies delivered to households.</p>
<p>Point-of-use water quality interventions</p>
<p>On average, distributing water disinfection products for use at the household level may reduce diarrhoea by around one quarter (Home chlorination products: RR 0.77, 95% CI 0.65 to 0.91; 14 trials, 30,746 participants, <italic>low quality evidence</italic>
; flocculation and disinfection sachets: RR 0.69, 95% CI 0.58 to 0.82, four trials, 11,788 participants, <italic>moderate quality evidence</italic>
). However, there was substantial heterogeneity in the size of the effect estimates between individual studies.</p>
<p>Point-of-use filtration systems probably reduce diarrhoea by around a half (RR 0.48, 95% CI 0.38 to 0.59, 18 trials, 15,582 participants, <italic>moderate quality evidence</italic>
). Important reductions in diarrhoea episodes were shown with ceramic filters, biosand systems and LifeStraw® filters; (Ceramic: RR 0.39, 95% CI 0.28 to 0.53; eight trials, 5763 participants, <italic>moderate quality evidence</italic>
; Biosand: RR 0.47, 95% CI 0.39 to 0.57; four trials, 5504 participants, <italic>moderate quality evidence</italic>
; LifeStraw®: RR 0.69, 95% CI 0.51 to 0.93; three trials, 3259 participants, <italic>low quality evidence</italic>
). Plumbed in filters have only been evaluated in high-income settings (RR 0.81, 95% CI 0.71 to 0.94, three trials, 1056 participants, fixed effects model).</p>
<p>In low-income settings, solar water disinfection (SODIS) by distribution of plastic bottles with instructions to leave filled bottles in direct sunlight for at least six hours before drinking probably reduces diarrhoea by around a third (RR 0.62, 95% CI 0.42 to 0.94; four trials, 3460 participants, <italic>moderate quality evidence</italic>
).</p>
<p>In subgroup analyses, larger effects were seen in trials with higher adherence, and trials that provided a safe storage container. In most cases, the reduction in diarrhoea shown in the studies was evident in settings with improved and unimproved water sources and sanitation.</p>
</sec>
<sec><title>Authors' conclusions</title>
<p>Interventions that address the microbial contamination of water at the point-of-use may be important interim measures to improve drinking water quality until homes can be reached with safe, reliable, piped-in water connections. The average estimates of effect for each individual point-of-use intervention generally show important effects. Comparisons between these estimates do not provide evidence of superiority of one intervention over another, as such comparisons are confounded by the study setting, design, and population.</p>
<p>Further studies assessing the effects of household connections and chlorination at the point of delivery will help improve our knowledge base. As evidence suggests effectiveness improves with adherence, studies assessing programmatic approaches to optimising coverage and long-term utilization of these interventions among vulnerable populations could also help strategies to improve health outcomes.</p>
</sec>
<sec><title>PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY</title>
<sec><title>Interventions to improve water quality and prevent diarrhoea</title>
<p>This Cochrane Review summarizes trials evaluating different interventions to improve water quality and prevent diarrhoea. After searching for relevant trials up to 11 November 2014, we included 55 studies enrolling over 84,000 participants. Most included studies were conducted in low- or middle-income countries (LMICs) (50 studies), with unimproved water sources (30 studies), and unimproved or unclear sanitation (34 studies).</p>
<p><bold>What causes diarrhoea and what water quality interventions might prevent diarrhoea?</bold>
</p>
<p>Diarrhoea is a major cause of death and disease, especially among young children in low-income countries where the most common causes are faecally contaminated water and food, or poor hygiene practices.</p>
<p>In remote and low-income settings, source-based water quality improvement may include providing protected groundwater (springs, wells, and bore holes) or harvested rainwater as an alternative to surface sources (rivers and lakes). Alternatively water may be treated at the point-of-use in people's homes by boiling, chlorination, flocculation, filtration, or solar disinfection. These point-of-use interventions have the potential to overcome both contaminated sources and recontamination of safe water in the home.</p>
<p><bold>What the research says</bold>
</p>
<p>There is currently insufficient evidence to know if source-based improvements in water supplies, such as protected wells and communal tap stands or treatment of communal supplies, consistently reduce diarrhoea in low-income settings (<italic>very low quality evidence</italic>
). We found no trials evaluating reliable piped-in water supplies to people's homes.</p>
<p>On average, distributing disinfection products for use in the home may reduce diarrhoea by around one quarter in the case of chlorine products (<italic>low quality evidence</italic>
), and around a third in the case of flocculation and disinfection sachets (<italic>moderate quality evidence</italic>
).</p>
<p>Water filtration at home probably reduces diarrhoea by around a half (<italic>moderate quality evidence</italic>
), and effects were consistently seen with ceramic filters (<italic>moderate quality evidence</italic>
), biosand systems (<italic>moderate quality evidence</italic>
) and LifeStraw® filters (<italic>low quality evidence</italic>
). Plumbed-in filtration has only been evaluated in high-income settings (<italic>low quality evidence</italic>
).</p>
<p>In low-income settings, distributing plastic bottles with instructions to leave filled bottles in direct sunlight for at least six hours before drinking probably reduces diarrhoea by around a third (<italic>moderate quality evidence</italic>
).</p>
<p>Research assessing the effects of household connections and chlorination at the point of delivery will help improve our knowledge base. Evidence indicates the more people use the various interventions for improving water quality, the larger the effects, so research into practical approaches to increase coverage and help assure long term use of them in poor groups will help improve impact.</p>
</sec>
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