Reduced burden of childhood diarrheal diseases through increased access to water and sanitation in India: a modeling analysis

TLDR: Scaling up access to piped water and improved sanitation among Indian households to a near-universal 95% level can lead to large and equitable reductions in the burden of childhood diarrheal diseases in India.

About: This article is published in Social Science & Medicine.The article was published on 2017-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 55 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Improved sanitation & Sanitation.

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Table 1. Disease input parameters

Table 4. Incremental health outcomes (per 100,000 under-five children) of interventions, by wealth quintile

Table 2. Diarrheal disease treatment input parameters

Table 3. Input parameters used for piped water supply and improved sanitation

Figure 3. Geographic distribution of health outcomes per 100,000 under-five children per year

Figure 2. Geographic distribution of improved sanitation coverage at baseline

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In this paper, the authors estimate the health benefits ( reduced cases of diarrheal incidence and deaths averted ) and economic benefits ( measured by out-of-pocket treatment expenditure averted and value of insurance gained ) of scaling up the coverage of piped water and improved sanitation among Indian households to a near-universal 95 % level. The authors find that scaling up access to piped water and improved sanitation could avert 43,352 ( 95 % uncertainty range [ UR ] 42,201– 44,504 ) diarrheal episodes and 68 ( 95 % UR 62–74 ) diarrheal deaths per 100,000 under-5 children per year, compared with the baseline.