Background Many countries have shown marked declines in diarrhoeal disease mortality
among children younger than 5 years. With this analysis, we provide updated results on …

In 2007, readers of the British Medical Journal voted that the introduction of clean water and
sewerage—the 'sanitation revolution'of the Victorian era—was the most important medical …

No child should die or get sick as a result of drinking contaminated drinking water, being
exposed to other people's excreta, or having no place to wash their hands. No child should …

Summary Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study
(GBD) 2016 provides an up-to-date analysis of the burden of diarrhoea in 195 countries …

Background Diarrhea is still appeared to be as one of the leading global killers and disability-
adjusted life-years lost, particularly in the infant and children. As per WHO, about 88% of …

Background Childhood diarrhea deaths have declined more than 80% from 1980 to 2015, in
spite of an increase in the number of children in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC) …

Objectives Safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene are protective against diarrhoeal
disease; a leading cause of child mortality. The main objective was an updated assessment …

Objective To evaluate the impact of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions in
children (age< 18 y) on growth, non-diarrheal morbidity and mortality in children. Design …

To evaluate the applicability of disability adjusted life-years (DALYs) as a measure to
compare positive and negative health effects of drinking water disinfection, we conducted a …