Open AccessEstimating the changing burden of disease attributable to unsafe water and lack of sanitation and hygiene in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012
Author(s) -
Nadine Nannan,
I Neethling,
Annibale Cois,
R Laubscher,
E B Turawa,
Rosana Pacella,
Debbie Bradshaw,
Victoria Pillay-van Wyk
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
samj. south african medical journal/south african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 2078-5135
pISSN - 0256-9574
DOI - 10.7196/samj.2022.v112i8b.16498
Subject(s) - sanitation , hygiene , environmental health , medicine , diarrhoeal disease , population , water supply , socioeconomic status , disease burden , poverty , incidence (geometry) , public health , disease surveillance , socioeconomics , diarrhea , economic growth , physics , nursing , optics , pathology , environmental engineering , sociology , engineering , economics
The incidence of diarrhoeal disease is closely linked to socioeconomic and environmental factors, household practices and access to health services. South African (SA) district health information and national survey data report wide variation in the incidence and prevalence of diarrhoeal episodes in children under 5 years of age. These differentials indicate potential for reducing the disease burden through improvements in provision of water and sanitation services and changes in hygiene behaviour.