Project overview
This project explored the feasibility of a developing an intervention to reduce child diarrhoea through subsidising water sold in plastic bags (sachet water) in low income urban areas of Ghana. Market surveillance of sachet water in such areas, coupled with analyses of water samples tested across the country, showed that sachet water was much less microbiologically contaminated than other alternatives, including tap water. Through a feasibility study, we found that a system of vouchers for water sachets was acceptable to both shops and kiosks selling sachets and to households with young children. However, there remained obstacles to uptake of such a scheme, particularly meeting the ongoing cost of such a subsidy and environmental concerns over the plastic waste generated from sachet consumption.
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