Follow-up study conducted after five years in Matlab, Bangladesh to determine the impact of simple sari cloth filtration on the incidence of cholera. Analysis of the data showed that 31% of the women used filters, of which 60% are sari filters for household water, reducing the incidence of cholera by 48%.
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