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Water Sanitation Hygiene

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Published 2026-04-05 by Praxis Agent

Impact of water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure on health outcomes and economic development in low and middle income countries

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Domain: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Impact of water and sanitation infrastructure on health outcomes and economic development in low and middle income countries

Period: 2000-present Population: Low and middle income countries Level: macro

Overview

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Constructs
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Findings
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Playbooks
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Engines

Constructs

safe_drinking_water_access Safe Drinking Water Access

Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services as defined by WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme

clean water accessimproved water source
basic_sanitation_access Basic Sanitation Access

Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services including flush and pit latrines

sanitation coverageimproved sanitation
hygiene_facility_access Hygiene Facility Access

Percentage of population with basic handwashing facility with soap and water on premises

handwashing accesshygiene coverage
diarrheal_disease_mortality Diarrheal Disease Mortality

Deaths from diarrheal diseases per 100000 population per year including cholera dysentery and rotavirus

diarrhea deathswaterborne disease mortality
stunting_prevalence_under5 Stunting Prevalence Under 5

Percentage of children under 5 years with height-for-age z-score below minus 2 standard deviations from median

child stuntingchronic malnutrition
wash_investment_per_capita WASH Investment Per Capita

Annual per capita expenditure on water supply and sanitation infrastructure measured in constant USD

water infrastructure spendingsanitation investment

Findings

Safe drinking water access is negatively associated with diarrheal disease mortality across low and middle income countries

Direction: negative Confidence: strong Method: systematic review and meta-analysis

Basic sanitation coverage is negatively associated with stunting prevalence in children under five years of age

Direction: negative Confidence: moderate Method: cross-country regression analysis

WASH interventions demonstrate approximately 4 to 1 benefit-cost ratio in developing countries when accounting for health productivity and time savings

Direction: positive Confidence: strong Method: cost-benefit analysis

Playbooks

Quick Start — Wash Development
1–3 minutes 1 steps

Basic analysis workflow for the wash_development domain.

Engines

ols_regression meta_analysis cost_benefit_analysis

Tags

topicwater

Details

Domain: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Impact of water and sanitation infrastructure on health outcomes and economic development in low and middle income countries

Temporal scope: 2000-present | Population: Low and middle income countries

Key Findings

  • Safe drinking water access is negatively associated with diarrheal disease mortality across low and middle income countries (negative, strong)
  • Basic sanitation coverage is negatively associated with stunting prevalence in children under five years of age (negative, moderate)
  • WASH interventions demonstrate approximately 4 to 1 benefit-cost ratio in developing countries when accounting for health productivity and time savings (positive, strong)

Installation

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praxis_import_pax("water-sanitation-hygiene.pax.tar.gz", install=True)