Burden of disease attributable to unsafe drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene: Executive summary

Overview

The latest report,summarised here presents estimates of the burden of disease attributable to unsafe WASH for 183 WHO Member States, disaggregated by region, age and sex for the year 2019. The estimates are based on four health outcomes – diarrhoea, acute respiratory infections, undernutrition (protein–energy malnutrition), and soil-transmitted helminthiases – included in the reporting of SDG indicator 3.9.2 on mortality attributed to unsafe WASH.