Simple Upgrades In Rural Sanitation Could Save 1.2 Million Lives Annually
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 11:51
in Health & Medicine
Improving rural sanitation by 65 percent could save as many as 1.2 million lives a year worldwide, scientists in Pennsylvania conclude in a new study on diarrheal disease. Their report found that developing countries in Africa and Asia would experience the greatest savings in life.