… attributable to inadequate water and sanitation have fallen … from studies of interventions to
improve water quality. To provide context … the disease burden and risks from inadequate water, …

… unsafe water than females, which was contrary to the condition in terms of DALYs. The
age-specific burden of diarrheal deaths attributable to unsafe water … global burden of unsafe water …

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, sanitation…

… The disease burden from unsafe WSH was estimated to have been 1.73 million deaths in
the year 2000, and 88% of the global burden of diarrhoeal disease due to infectious diarrhoeal …

… The attributable burden separated out by individual risk factor was 505 000 diarrhoea deaths
from unsafe drinking-water, 564 000 for unsafe sanitation and 384 000 from unsafe hand …

… of the global burden of disease and 6.3% of all deaths are due to unsafe water, inadequate
… Microbial contamination is very common affecting all water source types including piped …

… burden from unsafe WSH. Six exposure scenarios were defined based on the type of water
and … The global burden of diarrhoeal disease, as estimated from studies published between …

… and, according to prior estimates, diarrhoea accounts for the largest fraction (> 90%) of
the global burden of disease attributable to unsafe water and poor sanitation. In addition, …

… Global burden of disease assessments are important to identify priorities for improving … );
inadequate drinking water as used in this work includes unsafe water and water with insufficient …

… We are unaware of any prior effort to examine the global burden of unsafe care across
multiple types of adverse events. WHO estimates that the global burden of unsafe injection …