Eric Schneider @ericbschneider.com · Mar 11 3/ Recent large trials (e.g. WASH Benefits, SHINE) found limited impacts on child linear growth despite major investments in sanitation infrastructure. Our historical data suggest this puzzle isn’t new. We see similar patterns in the past.
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4/ Take 19th-century England. Cities invested massively in sanitation and clean water. The results were dramatic: • cholera epidemics were eliminated • under-5 typhoid mortality fell by ~88% Yet child stunting remained above 40% in the 1890s.