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Hygiene, sanitation, and water: Forgotten foundations of health [1]

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Globally, around 2.4 million deaths (4.2% of all deaths) could be prevented annually if everyone practised appropriate hygiene and had good, reliable sanitation and drinking water. These deaths are mostly of children in developing countries from diarrhoea and subsequent malnutrition, and from other diseases attributable to malnutrition. How is an opportunity to prevent so many deaths (and 6.6% of the global burden of disease in terms of disability-adjusted life years or DALYs failing to attract the attention of the international public health community?

Publication Date: 
08/11/2010
Jamie Bartram [2], Sandy Cairncross [3]
PLoS Medicine [4]
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Sanitation [5], Waterborne diseases [6], Water Supply [7], Health Effects [8], Water Quality [9], Diarrhoea [10], Malnutrition [11], Child Health [12], Women [13], Poverty [14], Developing Countries [15], Drinking Water [16], Health [17]

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/hygiene-sanitation-and-water-forgotten-foundations-health

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/hygiene-sanitation-and-water-forgotten-foundations-health
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jamie-bartram
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sandy-cairncross
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/plos-medicine
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sanitation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waterborne-diseases
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-supply
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-quality
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diarrhoea
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/malnutrition
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-health
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/women
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poverty
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/developing-countries
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health