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Child Feces Disposal

Improving child feces disposal practices and eliminating open defecation

Child feces disposal is considered safe when children use toilets/latrines or when caretakers rinse children’s feces into a toilet/latrine, and unsafe child feces disposal refers to open defecation by children or failure to remove children’s feces from the open. Most interventions to reduce open defecation have focused primarily on adults, though the safe disposal of children’s feces is just as important from a public health standpoint. We work to understand child feces disposal and open defecation practices in low- and middle-income countries and humanitarian settings in order to promote safer practices and reduce the burden of disease related to inadequate sanitation.

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Lauren Sprouse
Sarah Lebu
Rachel Beardsley
Anna Liles
Anna Verkuilen

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