Spatio-Temporal Impact of Contaminated Water on Human Health in South-Asian Countries

Drinking water is one of the basic human necessities and rights. Availability of clean drinking water is the primary requirement for a human to stay healthy. The consumption of unsafe or contaminated drinking water causes various waterborne infectious diseases, which are deadly to humans and animals alike. One such disease caused due to the consumption of unsafe drinking water is diarrhoea, which is the most fatal disease globally, infecting humans and preferably children below the age of five years. The present study deals with the assessment of the spread of diarrhoea in countries where the death toll is maximum in Diarrhoeal deaths. The study analysed the mortality rate of diarrhoea for both children with age less than five years and other people of both sexes in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The study can be proved very beneficial in making policies for diarrhoea prevention and control in both adults and child