Water, Sanitation, and Cholera in Sub-Saharan Africa.

ABSTRACT: Improvements in water and sanitation should reduce cholera risk though the associations between cholera and specific water and sanitation access measures remain unclear. We estimated the association between eight water and sanitation measures and annual cholera incidence access across sub-Saharan Africa (2010-2016) for data aggregated at the country and district levels. We fit random forest regression and classification models to understand how well these measures combined might be able to predict cholera incidence rates and identify high cholera incidence areas. Across spatial scales, piped or "other improved" water access was inversely associated with cholera incidence. Access to piped water, septic or sewer sanitation, and septic, sewer, or "other improved" sanitation were associated wi

SUBMITTER: Sikder M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10357557 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature