Are studies underestimating the effects of sanitation on child nutrition? (Authors' reply)

Abstract

Should child growth replace diarrhoea as the primary child health outcome for sanitation trials? We appreciate Derek Headey’s comment in relation to our trial that the window of opportunity to plausibly affect growth faltering is from in utero up to 24 months, and therefore that sanitation trials should focus growth assessments in children with exposure to the intervention who are younger than 24 months. <i>[Extraído a modo de resumen]</i>