Lifestraw Family water filters in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis to define longer-term public health impact against childhood diarrhoea and inform scale-up
Melissa Kerr e outros, 2024 · Journal of Global Health
Distribution of Lifestraw Family water filters reduced the risk of diarrhoea in children under five by 31% across six studies in low- and middle-income countries.
Estimativa · Diarrhoea risk in children under 5, relative risk
0,690 [0,520; 0,910]
relative risk
P = 0.01
- Desenho
- Meta-análise. Random-effects meta-analysis of 6 studies (RCTs and cohort) with at least 12 months follow-up
- População
- Children under five years in Rwanda, Kenya, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Amostra
- 4.740 · children under five
Onde está o número
RESULTS > Meta-analysis; Results, Meta-analysis subsection, first paragraph
The meta-analysis showed an overall 31% reduction in risk of diarrhoea in the Lifestraw Family intervention group (pooled RR = 0.69; 95% CI = 0.52–0.91, P = 0.01)
Contexto
What changed: Distribution of Lifestraw Family 1.0 or 2.0 point-of-use water filters to households with children under five, evaluated over at least 12 months of follow-up. Comparison: Control households receiving no filter, placebo filters, or existing health promotion programmes alone. Limits: Five of the six included studies were unblinded, outcomes relied on caregiver self-report subject to recall bias, and statistical heterogeneity across trials was substantial.
Caminho no grafo
- FamíliaTransferências, subsídios e financiamento
- TipoTransferências em espécie
- MecanismoAdoção de cuidados preventivos de saúde
- ResultadoDoença diarreica
- EixoSaúde
MAGI só cita evidência deste instrumento
Lugares do estudo
- Rwanda · País · RW
- Kenya · País · KE
- Zambia · País · ZM
- Democratic Republic of the Congo · País · CD
- Licença
- CC-BY
- Revisão
- Extraído por máquina, não revisadoExtraído por: gemini-3.8-flash, 2026-10-23