{description}By the time you finish reading this sentence one more child will have died from a water-related disease. According to an official message by former U.N. Secretary Kof Annan, “water-related diseases kill a child every eight seconds.” Consistent access to clean water is a rare commodity for every one in six persons, and 2.4 billion individuals “lack access to adequate sanitation.” Not only do such statistics make us question the success of past and current policies addressing water access and sanitation but they also raise the question of what strategies are most efective for preventing water-related illnesses. From an epidemiological perspective, is access to potable water more efective for preventing disease than sanitation?{/description}

{description}Consistent access to clean water is a rare commodity for every one in six people{/description}