TY - JOUR AU - Solomon, Ephrem Tefera AU - Robele, Sirak AU - Kloos, Helmut AU - Mengistie, Bezatu PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06/08 TI - Effect of household water treatment with chlorine on diarrhea among children under the age of five years in rural areas of Dire Dawa, eastern Ethiopia: a cluster randomized controlled trial JO - Infectious Diseases of Poverty SP - 64 VL - 9 IS - 1 AB - Diarrheal disease is a leading cause of child mortality and morbidity worldwide. Household water treatment with chlorine significantly reduces morbidity due to waterborne diseases. However, the effect of point-of-use (POU) water treatment in improving the quality of water in areas where POU is not provided free of charge and the effectiveness of home visits in inspiring household members to use POU regularly have not been studied. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of drinking water disinfection by chlorination on diarrheal disease reduction among children under the age of 5 years in rural eastern Ethiopia. SN - 2049-9957 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-020-00680-9 DO - 10.1186/s40249-020-00680-9 ID - Solomon2020 ER -