Health Metrics Across the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Grant Portfolio

Title: Ensuring Rigor and Comparability on Health Metrics Across the WS&H Grant Portfolio

Principal Investigator: Pavani Kalluri Ram, MD

Funding Agency: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Period: 09/26/08 - 03/31/09

Abstract: The objective of this grant was to document and provide a critical summary of the different health metrics, research approaches, measurement and data collection methodologies that were used.

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