Objectives Safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene are protective against diarrhoeal
disease; a leading cause of child mortality. The main objective was an updated assessment …

Although the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target for drinking water was met, in
many developing countries water supplies are unreliable. This paper reviews how …

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

Worldwide, arsenic contamination has become a matter of extreme importance owing to its
potential toxic, carcinogenic and mutagenic impact on human health and the environment …

Water security and safety is of vital concern in arid and semiarid regions of Kenya. Potable
water accessibility and supply is limited due to fluctuating climatic conditions and …

Core Ideas LDM was evaluated by SPM and SEM for soil PSD determination. LDM
significantly overestimated sand and silt but underestimated clay contents compared to …

Universal access to safe drinking water is essential to population health and well-being, as
recognized in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). To develop targeted policies …

Plastic packaged water is the drinking water of choice for urban populations across Africa
but its quality remains questionable in most developing countries. Six hundred (600) …

The private sector continues to play an important role in filling local drinking water supply
gaps across the Global South. In West Africa, a perfect storm of rapid population growth …

We compared dry and rainy season water sources and their quality in the urban region of
Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Representative sampling indicated that municipal water supplies …