Sanitation for all: the global opportunity to increase transgenerational health gains and better understand the link between NCDs and NTDs, a scoping review

• Published in: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines
• Main Authors: Shiva Raj Mishra, Meghnath Dhimal, Parash Mani Bhandari, Bipin Adhikari
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2017
• Subjects: Neglected-tropical diseases; Non-communicable diseases; Chronic diseases; Asia; Africa; Sanitation; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40794-017-0051-3; https://doaj.org/article/c29bb83c0dc840188ebcb60c54bd398c

Abstract The global sanitation divide is narrowing. However, in many countries in Asia and Africa, the gap between rural and urban sanitation coverage is rather widening. Moreover, there is an increase in the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), notwithstanding to the already high burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). A scientific query is building on how the global ‘sanitation for all’ goal will address the dual burden of NTDs and NCDs, and help further understand the link between the two. This paper aims to discuss the link between i) sanitation and NTDs, and ii) sanitation and NCDs through a scoping review of the literature.