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Commenting on the study and on the horrific statistics concerning access to safe water and sewerage-2.9 billion people do not have access to safe water and 4.2 billion live without sanitation- Rebecca Dillingham and Richard L Guerrant (University of Virginia, USA) conclude: "We must not delay investing in measures known to alleviate the devastating long-term societal costs of inadequate water, poor sanitation, and early childhood diarrhoea."


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