Forecasts of mortality and economic losses from poor water and sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa

Fuente, David; Allaire, Maura; Jeuland, Marc; Whittington, Dale

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0227611

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“…The proliferation of other urban pests that can transmit various pathogens to humans, such as rodents, is also favored by inadequate sanitation services ( Moreira et al , 2013 ; Rahelinirina et al , 2019 ; Murray et al , 2020 ). The diseases associated with the lack of sanitation also cause severe economic damages to the affected families and to the economy of the countries, since these diseases cause significant losses in working days and huge expenses with the treatment of the affected individuals, among other related issues ( Van Minh and Hung, 2011 ; Fuente et al , 2020 ).…”

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Control and prevention of infectious diseases from a One Health perspective

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caught the attention of the global community and rekindled the debate about our ability to prevent and manage outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics. Many alternatives are suggested to address these urgent issues. Some of them are quite interesting, but with little practical application in the short or medium term. To realistically control infectious diseases, human, animal, and environmental factors need to be considered together, based on the One Health perspective. In this article, we highlight the most effective initiatives for the control and prevention of infectious diseases: vaccination; environmental sanitation; vector control; social programs that encourage a reduction in the population growth; control of urbanization; safe sex stimulation; testing; treatment of sexually and vertically transmitted infections; promotion of personal hygiene practices; food safety and proper nutrition; reduction of the human contact with wildlife and livestock; reduction of social inequalities; infectious disease surveillance; and biodiversity preservation. Subsequently, this article highlights the impacts of human genetics on susceptibility to infections and disease progression, using the SARS-CoV-2 infection as a study model. Finally, actions focused on mitigation of outbreaks and epidemics and the importance of conservation of ecosystems and translational ecology as public health strategies are also discussed.

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“…This may explain why many studies addressing SDG6 in SSA have focused mostly on access to WSS (Jiménez et al, 2017; Nhamo et al, 2019). Whilst interest has been directed toward targets 6.1 and 6.2 mostly due to the disease burden and socioeconomic impact associated with poor water and sanitation (Fuente et al, 2020), the remaining targets have so far received scant attention, and evidence on their status remains fragmented. There is an urgent need for a comprehensive evaluation of the status of SDG6 in SSA as we are less than 10 years away from the 2030 target.…”

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Water security in sub‐Saharan Africa: Understanding the status of sustainable development goal 6

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The world is nearing the 2030 target‐year by which sustainable development goals (SDGs) should be achieved. While other developing regions seem to be making progress toward achieving SDG6, sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) is lagging behind significantly, particularly with regard to access to water supply and sanitation (WSS). As a result, most studies evaluating progress toward the achievement of water security SDGs in SSA have focused on WSS while the rest of the SDG6 targets have received scant attention, often using fragmented or incomplete evidence. Here, we fill this knowledge gap by conducting a comprehensive assessment of the status of SDG6 in all 48 countries in SSA. We provide a review of the progress made, the challenges affecting each SDG6 target and examine the different political, socioeconomic, and environmental factors with potential to undermine the achievement of SDG6 in the region. Our review clearly demonstrates that it is likely that most countries may not achieve water security by 2030. The complex nature of the challenges and factors impeding the achievement of water security in SSA outlined here suggests that a holistic intervention involving local, national, and international stakeholders and the research community is urgently needed to address SDG6 if the 2030 target date is to be met. Approaches to enhance water security may equally consider: (a) underpinning peace and security in SSA and (b) the commitment of more financial resources by donors particularly during this period of COVID‐19 pandemic. This article is categorized under: Human Water Human Water > Water Governance Engineering Water > Planning Water

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“…This preference corresponds to individuals with "water safety" concerns positively interacting with payments of $1.0 or less. Without rehearsing the known values of drinking water for health, development, and productivity (5,6), we see a promising but partial synergy with public health goals. The delivery of safe and affordable water to rural areas is a major challenge for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal SDG6.1 with few examples of models that work in practice today.…”

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Individual choices and universal rights for drinking water in rural Africa

Hope

Ballón

2021

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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More than 500 million rural Africans lack safe drinking water. The human right to water and United Nations Sustainable Development Goal SDG6.1 promote a policy shift from building water infrastructure to sustaining water services. However, the financial calculus is bleak with the costs of “safely managed”’ or “basic” water services in rural Africa beyond current government budgets and donor funds. The funding shortfall is compounded by the disappointing results of earlier policy initiatives in Africa. This is partly because of a failure to understand which attributes of water services rural people value. We model more than 11,000 choice observations in rural Kenya by attributes of drinking water quality, price, reliability, and proximity. Aggregate analysis disguises alternative user priorities in three choice classes. The two larger choice classes tolerate lower service levels with higher payments. A higher water service level reflects the smallest choice class favored by women and the lower wealth group. For the lower wealth group, slower repair times are accepted in preference to a lower payment. Some people discount potable water and proximity, and most people choose faster repair times and lower payments. We argue policy progress needs to chart common ground between individual choices and universal rights. Guaranteeing repair times may provide a policy lever to unlock individual payments to complement public investment in water quality and waterpoint proximity to support progressive realization of a universal right.

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Forecasts of mortality and economic losses from poor water and sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa

Cited by 31 publications

References 34 publications

Control and prevention of infectious diseases from a One Health perspective

Control and prevention of infectious diseases from a One Health perspective

Water security in sub‐Saharan Africa: Understanding the status of sustainable development goal 6

Individual choices and universal rights for drinking water in rural Africa

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