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