Open AccessWater and sanitation risk exposure in children under-five in Pakistan
Author(s) -
Fowad Murtaza,
Mahvish Muzaffar,
Tajammal Mustafa,
Javaria Anwer
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family and community medicine/maǧalaẗ ṭib al-usraẗ wa al-muǧtamaʼ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-340X
pISSN - 1319-1683
DOI - 10.4103/jfcm.jfcm_149_21
Subject(s) - sanitation , medicine , environmental health , toilet , sewerage , socioeconomics , hazard , rural area , vulnerability (computing) , water supply , population , environmental engineering , pathology , chemistry , computer security , organic chemistry , sociology , computer science , engineering
Children under-five constitute 11.9% ( n = 20,447,628) of the total population of Pakistan. Poor water and sanitation in Pakistan cause 97,900 deaths annually, 54,000 of whom are children under-five.