Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene

Explore local patterns of access to drinking water and sanitation facilities from 2000 to 2017 with this interactive visualization tool. Compare changes in access to drinking water and sanitation facilities over time at multiple spatial scales, from values at the country level down to the local level for LMICs. Search for specific areas to view local trends and share your findings with others.

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Citation

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2021. Available from https://vizhub.healthdata.org/lbd/wash. (Accessed [INSERT DATE]).

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Scientific Publication

Burden of disease attributable to unsafe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene in domestic settings

Scientific Publication

Mapping geographic inequalities in access to drinking water and sanitation facilities in low- and middle-income countries, 2000–2017

Bobby Reiner, Simon Hay, Ani Deshpande, Molly Miller-Petrie, Paulina Lindstedt, Mathew Baumann, Kimberly Johnson, Brigette Blacker, James Albright, Alexandria Brown, Natalie Cormier, Elizabeth Cromwell, Rakhi Dandona, Lalit Dandona, Farah Daoud, Nicole Weaver, Samath D. Dharmaratne, Valery Feigin, Joseph Frostad, Manny Garcia, Gillian Hollerich, Kate LeGrand, Aubrey Cook, Benjamin Mayala, Ali Mokdad, Jon Mosser, Sandra Munro, Christopher J.L. Murray, Mohsen Naghavi, QuynhAnh Nguyen, David Pigott, Ian Pollock, Puja Rao, Alyssa Sbarra, Lauren Schaeffer, David Smith, Emma Spurlock, Bob Thompson, Kirsten Wiens

August 19, 2020