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CORRECTION article

Front. Public Health, 28 September 2023
Sec. Children and Health
Volume 11 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1280610

Corrigendum: Effects of household access to water, sanitation, and hygiene services on under-five mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

This article is a correction to:

  1. Effects of household access to water, sanitation, and hygiene services on under-five mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

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\r\nNicolas Gaffan Nicolas Gaffan1*Alphonse KpozehouenAlphonse Kpozehouen1Cyriaque Degbey,Cyriaque Degbey2,3Yolaine Glele AhanhanzoYolaine Glele Ahanhanzo1Moussiliou Noël ParaïsoMoussiliou Noël Paraïso4
  • 1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Regional Institute of Public Health, University of Abomey-Calavi, Ouidah, Benin
  • 2Department of Environmental Health, Regional Institute of Public Health, University of Abomey Calavi, Ouidah, Benin
  • 3University Hospital Hygiene Clinic, National Hospital and University Centre Hubert Koutoukou Maga, Cotonou, Benin
  • 4Department of Health Promotion, Regional Institute of Public Health, University of Abomey-Calavi, Ouidah, Benin

A corrigendum on
Effects of household access to water, sanitation, and hygiene services on under-five mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

by Gaffan, N., Kpozehouen, A., Degbey, C., Ahanhanzo, Y. G., and Paraïso, M. N. (2023). Front. Public Health. 11:1136299. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1136299

In the published article, there was an error in the Abstract, Results. This sentence previously stated:

“The risk of under-five mortality was 11% higher for children living in households with limited sanitation facilities (aOR = 1.11; 95% CI = 1.04–1.18) than for those with basic sanitation services”.

The corrected sentence appears below:

“The risk of under-five mortality was 11% higher for children living in households with unimproved sanitation facilities (aOR = 1.11; 95% CI = 1.04–1.18) than for those with basic sanitation services”.

In the published article, there was an error in the Results, Factors associated with under-five mortality, Fixed effects, first paragraph. This sentence previously stated:

“Children living in households with limited sanitation facilities have an 11% higher risk of under-five mortality (aOR = 1.11; 95% CI = 1.04–1.18) than those with basic sanitation facilities”.

The corrected sentence appears below:

“Children living in households with unimproved sanitation facilities have an 11% higher risk of under-five mortality (aOR = 1.11; 95% CI = 1.04–1.18) than those with basic sanitation facilities”.

In the published article, there was an error in the Discussion, third paragraph. This sentence previously stated:

“We found that children living in households with limited sanitation facilities have a 9% higher risk of under-five mortality than those with basic sanitation”.

The corrected sentence appears below:

“We found that children living in households with unimproved sanitation facilities have an 11% higher risk of under-five mortality than those with basic sanitation”.

The authors apologize for these errors and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

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Keywords: sanitation, hygiene, demographic and health survey, child, under-five mortality, household, Sub-Saharan Africa

Citation: Gaffan N, Kpozehouen A, Degbey C, Ahanhanzo YG and Paraïso MN (2023) Corrigendum: Effects of household access to water, sanitation, and hygiene services on under-five mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. Front. Public Health 11:1280610. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1280610

Received: 21 August 2023; Accepted: 19 September 2023;
Published: 28 September 2023.

Approved by:

Michelle Plusquin, University of Hasselt, Belgium

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*Correspondence: Nicolas Gaffan, gafnicolas@gmail.com

Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.