Steyn, NeliaHabulembe, Raider2018-09-272024-11-072018-12-312024-11-072018https://hdl.handle.net/10566/19252Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (School of Public Health)Poor water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services and practices in communities are known to be responsible for most of the infections occurring among infants and young children in developing countries. A combined effect of disease, poor diet, care practices and other factors among infants/children are known to lead to undernutrition reported in most developing countries. Apart from the reduced growth and productivity potential that malnutrition exhibits on the affected population, it is also an underlying cause to 50% of child mortality in poor communities. In light of this, the primary objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of poor WASH practices on growth and infectious disease incidence in infants and young children aged 6-23 months in the rural district of Monze in Zambia.enWater, sanitation, and hygiene practices, Diseases, Infant and child feeding and care, Infant and child growth, Malnutrition, Nutritional status, Monze, ZambiaUniversity of the Western Cape