Estimating the costs of diarrhoea and epidemic dysentery in KwaZulu-Natal and South Africa

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Inadequate water supply and sanitation are largely responsible for the high levels of diarrhoeal disease in developing countrie s. people without adequate levels of water supply and sanitation, South Africa is no exception. may be directly attributed to diarrhoeal disease. and caused 1 000 deaths during 1995. This re-emphasises the need for urgent action in the provision of water supply and sanitation infrastructure, together with appropriate hygiene education and health services, to all disadvantaged South Africans. 1 January 199812 (Esrey and Habicht, 1986).

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