Unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene: a persistent health burden

Affiliations

¹ Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
² Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious Disease, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, England.

Editorial

Bruce Gordon et al. Bull World Health Organ. 2023.

. 2023 Sep 1;101(9):551-551A.

doi: 10.2471/BLT.23.290668.

¹ Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
² Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious Disease, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, England.

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