International monitoring of drinking water and sanitation shapes awareness of countries'
needs and informs policy, implementation and research efforts to extend and improve …

▪ Abstract Transition frameworks are used to envision the important changes that occur
during economic development from poor to middle-income or rich countries. We explain the …

This report uses a comprehensive framework for studying health risks that was developed
for the World Health Report 2002, which presented estimates for the year 2000. The report …

Water insecurity is a primary underlying determinant of global health disparities. While
public health research on water insecurity has focused mainly on two dimensions, water …

The aim of this study was to estimate the economic costs and benefits of a range of selected
interventions to improve water and sanitation services, with results presented for 17 WHO …

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 …

Using effectiveness data from a recent systematic review and cost data from programme
implementers and World Health Organization (WHO) databases, we conducted a cost …

This study examined home environment conditions (housing quality, material resources,
formal and informal learning materials) and their relations with the Human Development …

Sub-Saharan Africa as a region accounts for the bulk of the global under-five mortality rate,
to which diarrhea is major contributor. Millions of children die from diarrheal diseases each …

Background Health gains that environmental interventions could achieve are main
questions when choosing environmental health action to prevent disease. The World Health …