Background Universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation facilities is an essential
human right, recognised in the Sustainable Development Goals as crucial for preventing …

Background Understanding geographic inequalities in coverage of drinking-water supply
and sanitation (WSS) will help track progress towards universal coverage of water and …

Background Oral rehydration solution (ORS) is a form of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) for
diarrhoea that has the potential to drastically reduce child mortality; yet, according to …

Background Across low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), one in ten deaths in
children younger than 5 years is attributable to diarrhoea. The substantial between-country …

Drinking water and sanitation services in high-income countries typically bring widespread
health and other benefits to their populations. Yet gaps in this essential public health …

A silent humanitarian crisis kills some 3900 children every day and thwarts progress towards
all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially in Africa and Asia. The root of this …

Comment 1470 www. thelancet. com Vol 398 October 23, 2021 face of growing evidence of
their insufficiency distracts from the central challenge of building national systems capable of …

Introduction Global access to safe drinking water and sanitation has improved dramatically
during the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) period. However, there is substantial …

Objectives. To estimate the population lacking at least basic water and sanitation access in
the urban United States. Methods. We compared national estimates of water and sanitation …

Abstract Background By 2050, sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) urban population is expected to
grow from 414 million to over 1.2 billion. This growth will likely increase challenges to …