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 …

Stunting is a complex and enduring challenge with far‐reaching consequences for those
affected and society as a whole. To accelerate progress in eliminating stunting, broader …

Background Reducing the burden of death due to infection is an urgent global public health
priority. Previous studies have estimated the number of deaths associated with drug …

This study hypothesized that national population health literacy might reflect on their
keywords searching. We applied Google searches for “wash hands” and “face mask” during …

This study provides an approximate estimate of how much disease can be prevented by
reducing the environmental risks to health. It includes a meta-synthesis of key evidence …

Hand hygiene practices are important not only during the corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) pandemic, but also critical to prevent the possible spread of other infectious diseases …

Background The Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factor study 2013 (GBD
2013) is the first of a series of annual updates of the GBD. Risk factor quantification …

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 …

Background: Low-income countries have reduced health care system capacity and are
therefore at risk of substantially higher COVID-19 case fatality rates than those currently …

Summary Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study
2015 provides an up-to-date synthesis of the evidence for risk factor exposure and the …