Does global progress on sanitation really lag behind water? An analysis of global progress on community- and household-level access to safe water and sanitation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Cumming, Oliver ^a   Elliott, Mark ^b,c   Overbo, Alycia ^c   Bartram, Jamie ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Univ of Alabama   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FOOD SAFETY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY; CITY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOUSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MOTIVATION; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; SANITATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CITIES; DRINKING WATER; GOALS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; SANITATION;

EID: 84917705493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114699     Document Type: Article

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