WEDC Technical Brief No. 19: Health, water and sanitation (2)

<p dir="ltr">In 'Health, water and sanitation 1 (Technical Brief No 17, 1988)' diseases related to water and excreta were considered. The routes for the transmission of pathogens (disease-causing organisms) from excreta or blood of infected people to other, susceptible people were used to classify these diseases as: </p><p dir="ltr">1. Faecal-oral, 2. Water-washed, 3. Water-based, 4.Insect vector, 5. Soil based. </p><p dir="ltr">This Technical Brief will consider control of water and excreta-related diseases by interruption of transmission routes.</p>