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

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 …

Objective To estimate the burden of diarrhoeal diseases from exposure to inadequate water,
sanitation and hand hygiene in low‐and middle‐income settings and provide an overview of …

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 disease burden from unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene (WSH) is estimated at the
global level taking into account various disease outcomes, principally diarrhoeal diseases …

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 …

Abstract Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has a rapidly growing urban population, with water,
sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services representing the central needs for this population …

Background In low-and middle-income countries (L&MICs), the biggest contributing factors
to the global burden of disease in childhood are deaths due to respiratory illness and …

Having access to improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities constitute a key
component of healthy living and quality of life. Prolonged exposure to insanitary living …