Background Sanitation aims to sequester human feces and prevent exposure to fecal
pathogens. More than 2.4 billion people worldwide lack access to improved sanitation …

Many studies have reported the results of interventions to reduce illness through
improvements in drinking water, sanitation facilities, and hygiene practices in less …

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When People Come First critically assesses the expanding field of global health. It brings
together an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars to address the medical …

Background Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions are frequently
implemented to reduce infectious diseases, and may be linked to improved nutrition …

In order to update global estimates of diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality in developing
countries, we carried out a review of articles published from 1980 to the present and …

Abstract Background In the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) era, there is growing
recognition of the responsibilities of non-health sectors in improving the health of children …

Background Inadequate water and sanitation adversely affect the health of children in
developing countries. We aimed to assess the effects of water and sanitation on childhood …

Background Lack of access to and use of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) cause 1.6
million deaths every year, of which 1.2 million are due to gastrointestinal illnesses like …

Abstract The Millennium Development Goals call for reducing by half the proportion of
people without sustainable access to safe drinking water. This goal was adopted in large …