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Hello,

We are involved in design of a national campaign on nutrition-sensitive WASH behaviors for Under 5s to reduce stunting.

Formative research is showing that re-contamination of safe water needs to be addressed.

Observations show a number of behaviors contributing to recontamination.

1. handling treated water incorrectly (scooping with dirty hands etc.)
2. improper storage of treated water, uncovered storage that exposes treated water to germs
3. drinking from unhygienic utensils that then recontaminate the water
4. adding unhygienic ice to treated water (not sure if this is something that can be addressed in this behavior change campaign)

Folks designing the campaign want to get specific about which of these behaviors to address.

So the question is, do we have any Knowledge on which of these behaviors poses greatest risk of contamination?

many thanks

james