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. 2017 Jul 31;97(4):1033–1042. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0208

Table 4.

Water storage and treatment practices in surveyed health-care facilities

Ethiopia Kenya Mozambique Rwanda Uganda Zambia
% Storing water 0.95 (0.94, 0.96) 1.00 0.87 (0.86, 0.88) 0.98 (0.97, 1.00) 1.00 1.00
Presence of cover on water storage container 0.86 (0.84, 0.88) 0.98 0.84 (0.83, 0.84) 1.00 0.92 (0.89, 0.95) 0.90
Safe removal of water from container
 Safe 0.33 (0.30, 0.36) 0.59 0.41 (0.40, 0.42) 0.83 (0.78, 0.88) 0.13 (0.07, 0.18) 0.25
 Unsafe 0.67 (0.64, 0.70) 0.41 0.59 (0.58, 0.60) 0.17 (0.12, 0.22) 0.87 (0.82, 0.93) 0.75
Practices water treatment 0.52 (0.50, 0.55) 0.64 0.51 (0.50, 0.52) 0.97 (0.95, 0.99) 0.62 (0.57, 0.67) 0.67
Treatment type
 Boiling 0.08 (0.06, 0.11) 0.04 0.06 (0.05, 0.06) 0.33 (0.27, 0.39) 0.00 0.00
 Chlorine 0.79 (0.75, 0.82) 0.67 0.90 (0.89, 0.91) 0.36 (0.30, 0.43) 0.00 1.00
 Filtration with cloth 0.05 (0.04, 0.07) 0.03 0.01 (0.01, 0.02) 0.14 (0.09, 0.19) 0.00 0.00
 Other treatment 0.01 (0.003, 0.02) 0.10 0.00 0.03 (0.01, 0.05) 0.93 (0.82, 1.00) 0.00
 Multiple types 0.07 (0.01, 0.09) 0.16 0.03 (0.03, 0.04) 0.14 (0.09, 0.18) 0.07 (0.00, 0.18) 0.00