biostudies-literatureWolf JWorld Health OrganizationInstitute for Health Metrics and EvaluationForeign Commonwealth &amp;amp; Development Office2060-2071https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10290941biostudies-literatureUnknown401(10393)<h4>Background</h4>Assessments of disease burden are important to inform national, regional, and global strategies and to guide investment. We aimed to estimate the drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)-attributable burden of disease for diarrhoea, acute respiratory infections, undernutrition, and soil-transmitted helminthiasis, using the WASH service levels used to monitor the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as counterfactual minimum risk-exposure levels.<h4>Methods</h4>We assessed the WASH-attributable disease burden of the four health outcomes overall and disaggregated by region, age, and sex for the year 2019. We calculated WASH-attributable fractions of diarrhoea and acute respiratory infections by country using modelled WASH exposures and exposure-response relationshLancet (London, England)Burden of disease attributable to unsafe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene in domestic settings: a global analysis for selected adverse health outcomes.PMC10290941001Clasen TTroeger CEvans BBrauer MArnold BFAmbelu AJohnston RBCumming OLanata CFFreeman MCCaruso BAMedlicott KOKang GColford JMBoisson SBrown JWolf JPruss-Ustun ABain RMills JEGordon BfalseBurden of disease attributable to unsafe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene in domestic settings: a global analysis for selected adverse health outcomes.<h4>Background</h4>Assessments of disease burden are important to inform national, regional, and global strategies and to guide investment. We aimed to estimate the drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)-attributable burden of disease for diarrhoea, acute respiratory infections, undernutrition, and soil-transmitted helminthiasis, using the WASH service levels used to monitor the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as counterfactual minimum risk-exposure levels.<h4>Methods</h4>We assessed the WASH-attributable disease burden of the four health outcomes overall and disaggregated by region, age, and sex for the year 2019. We calculated WASH-attributable fractions of diarrhoea and acute respiratory infections by country using modelled WASH exposures and exposure-response relationsh2023-01-01T00:00:00Z2023 Jun2025-04-19T04:41:31.094Z2024-11-10T04:53:55.67ZS-EPMC102909413729045810.1016/S0140-6736(23)00458-0