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Adoption Of The Sawyer Water Filter In Peru, Stephanie D. Paredes
Adoption Of The Sawyer Water Filter In Peru, Stephanie D. Paredes
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In Peru, lack of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) results in 6,600 deaths per year that represents approximately 3.9% of total deaths. Three thousand and nine hundred of these deaths were due to diarrheal diseases (Prüss-Üstün et al., 2008). Systematic reviews suggest that interventions to improve microbial quality of drinking water are successful in reducing diarrheal diseases (Fewtrell et al., 2005; Clasen et al., 2007; Fry et al., 2013). Interventions for household water treatment and safe storage to ensure safe drinking water reduce diarrhea by 31-52% (WHO/UNICEF, 2013).
The SAWYER PointONE filter, a portable and adaptable membrane filtration device as …