Water-related Disease

Water, sanitation and hygiene have important impacts on both health and disease.

Water-related diseases include those due to micro-organisms and chemicals in water people drink; diseases like schistosomiasis which have part of their lifecycle in water; diseases like malaria with water-related vectors; drowning and some injuries; and others such as legionellosis carried by aerosols containing certain micro-organisms.

Water also contributes to health, for example through hygiene.

In the following sections you can find:

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International Year of Sanitation 2008
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Health and Environment Lexicon
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List of publications in alphabetical order
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UN-Water Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS)
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Progress on Drinking-water and Sanitation: special focus on sanitation
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Core questions on drinking-water and sanitation for household surveys
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