In the formulation of rational risk management policies, policy-makers increasingly rely on
estimates of the disease burden attributable to certain risk factors. Decisionmakers consider …

The 2010 global burden of disease (GBD) study represents the latest effort to estimate the
global burden of disease and injuries and the associated risk factors. Like previous GBD …

We estimated the disease burden from water, sanitation, and hygiene at the global level
taking into account various disease outcomes, principally diarrheal diseases. The disability …

The aim of this study was to estimate the costs and the health benefits of the following
interventions: increasing access to improved water supply and sanitation facilities …

Background Assessments of disease burden are important to inform national, regional, and
global strategies and to guide investment. We aimed to estimate the drinking water …

Background To develop updated estimates in response to new exposure and exposure-
response data of the burden of diarrhoea, respiratory infections, malnutrition …

Over 1 billion people lack access to improved water sources and 2.6 billion lack access to
appropriate sanitation, greatly contributing to the global burden of disease. The international …

The benefits of improved water and sanitation include both health and non-health effects.
The direct health benefits are related to two contrasting roles of water: that of disease vector …

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the" sanitary revolution" played a fundamental role in
reducing sickness and death from infectious diseases in industrialized countries (McKeown …

Presented here are the four preliminary conclusions in the assessment of health and
hygiene in developing countries:(a) child mortality, and disease burden associated with …