Mapping WASH-related disease risk: A review of risk concepts and methods

Abstract

The report provides a review of how risk is conceived of, modelled, and mapped in studies of infectious water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) related diseases. It focuses on spatial epidemiology of cholera, malaria and dengue to offer recommendations for the field of WASH-related disease risk mapping. The report notes a lack of consensus on the definition of disease risk in the literature, which limits the interpretability of the resulting …

Authors

Daudelin F; Taing L; Chen L; Abreu Lopes C; Fagbamigbe AF; Mehmood H

Publisher

United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health

Publication Date

December 16, 2021

DOI

10.53328/uxuo4751

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Lina Taing

Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Science

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