Background Acute respiratory infection (ARI) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality
globally, with 83% of ARI mortality occurring in low-income and middle-income countries …

National action plans enumerate many interventions as potential strategies to reduce the
burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR). However, knowledge of the benefits …

Page 1 A State of the World's DRINKING WATER an urgent call to action to accelerate progress
on ensuring safe drinking water for all World Health Organization unicef WORLD BANK …

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 …

We extend the conceptualization of the social and health burdens of household water
insecurity on children beyond the traditional narrow lens of microbiological pathogens and …

Climate-sensitive infectious diseases are an issue of growing concern due to global
warming and the related increase in the incidence of extreme weather and climate events …

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 …

Rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health crisis for countries of all economic
levels, alongside the broader challenge of access to antibiotics. As a result, development …

This study aimed to assess the burden of communicable diseases (CDs) and non-
communicable diseases (NCDs) globally, regionally, and nationally from 1990 to 2019, and …

In a world where the consequences of inequalities in access to safe drinking water persist,
Household Drinking Water Treatment Technologies (HDWT) remains the most readily …