Priority setting for global WASH challenges in the age of wastewater-based epidemiological surveillance

Abstract

HIGHLIGHTS Mortality due to inadequate WASH facilities exceeded that of COVID-19 in the regions of South-East Asia and Africa.; The costs and benefits of wastewater-based surveillance are not known; however, the benefits of WASH interventions greatly exceed the costs.; The dedication of effort and resources to wastewater-based surveillance and WASH in low- and middle-income countries should reflect disease burdens and cost/benefit assessments.;

Keywords

• global development
• global wash
• resource allocation
• sustainable development goals
• wastewater-based epidemiology
• wastewater surveillance