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Can handwashing with soap make a difference in overcrowded, highly contaminated slum environments?

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Can handwashing with soap make a difference in overcrowded, highly contaminated slum environments?

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Yes. A study in Karachi, Pakistan found that children in communities that received intensive handwashing interventions were half as likely to get diarrhea or pneumonia as children in similar communities that did not receive the intervention.