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8-29. Global burden of disease

Global Environmental Health

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8-29. Reduce the global burden of disease due to poor water quality, sanitation, and personal and domestic hygiene.
Target: 2,135,000 deaths.
Baseline: 2,668,200 deaths worldwide were attributable to these factors in 1990.
Target setting method: 20 percent improvement.
Data source : World Health Report 2003, World Health Organization.

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