Priority setting for global WASH challenges in the age of wastewater-based epidemiological surveillance

Background: It is not known how the number of deaths due to COVID-19 compare to the number of deaths due to \"unsafe water, sanitation, and handwashing\" during the COVID-19 global health emergency.
Methods: A dataset of  deaths due to COVID-19 was downloaded from the World Health Organization. A dataset summarizing deaths due to unsafe water, sanitation, and handwashing was obtained from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).  
Results indicate that COVID-19 deaths in Africa and South East Asia regions exceeded those due to unsafe water, sanitation, and hygiene. , Two raw datasets were obtained and processed.  
To construct the dataset, \"Estimates of  mortality due to inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) during the COVID-19 Global Health Emergency\"  raw data were downloaded from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). The raw dataset was reduced, eliminating variables. The original IHME dataset was for the year 2019. IMHE does not yet have data for 2020 or beyond. The final data contains calculations that project into 2020-2023 the estimated number of WASH-related deaths, by region. That was done by multiplying the 2019 estimated deaths by regions, by a factor of the duration of the pandemic period/the number of days in 2019, assuming a constant rate. 
To construct the dataset \"Estimates of COVID-19  mortality, by region January 3 2020-May 5, 2023, with assumptions about undercounting\" raw data were downloaded from the public WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard. The raw dataset contains COVID-19 mortality data by coun..., , # Data from: Priority setting for global WASH challenges in the age of wastewater-based epidemiological surveillance

A brief summary of dataset contents

Dataset #1: Estimates of mortality due to inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) during the COVID-19 Global Health Emergency

VARIABLES
Region = The name for country groupings used by WHO\
Age category = All observations have either the value 1 (<5 years) or 5 (all ages)
Deaths 2019 due to unsafe WASH point estimate = The point estimate for the number of deaths due to unsafe WASH in 2019, by WHO region, by age category
Deaths 2019 due to unsafe WASH upper estimate = The upper bound estimate for the number of deaths due to unsafe WASH in 2019, by WHO region, by age category
Deaths 2019 due to unsafe WASH lower estimate = The lower bound estimate for the number of deaths due to unsafe WASH in 2019, by WHO region, by age category
Estimated number Jan 3 2020-May 5 2023 = The estimated number of deaths ...

研究背景：在全球新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）卫生紧急事件期间，新冠导致的死亡人数与“不安全饮水、卫生设施与手卫生（unsafe water, sanitation, and handwashing）”引发的死亡人数对比情况尚不明确。
研究方法：从世界卫生组织（World Health Organization, WHO）下载了新冠相关死亡数据集；从健康指标与评估研究所（Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, IHME）获取了不安全饮水、卫生设施与手卫生相关死亡汇总数据集。本研究共获取并处理两份原始数据集。
研究结果显示，非洲与东南亚区域的新冠死亡人数超过了不安全饮水、卫生设施与手卫生相关死亡人数。

为构建"新型冠状病毒肺炎全球卫生紧急事件期间饮水、卫生设施与手卫生不足导致死亡估算数据集（Estimates of mortality due to inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) during the COVID-19 Global Health Emergency）"，我们从健康指标与评估研究所（IHME）下载了原始数据。对该原始数据集进行精简，剔除部分变量。原始IHME数据集对应年份为2019年，IHME尚未公布2020年及之后的数据。最终数据通过以下方式推算得到：以各区域2019年估算死亡数为基准，假设死亡率恒定，乘以“大流行持续时长/2019年总天数”的系数，以此推算2020年至2023年的饮水、卫生设施与手卫生（WASH）相关死亡估算数。

为构建"2020年1月3日至2023年5月5日分区域新冠死亡估算数据集（含漏报假设）（Estimates of COVID-19 mortality, by region January 3 2020-May 5, 2023, with assumptions about undercounting）"，我们从世界卫生组织公开的新冠（COVID-19）数据仪表盘下载了原始数据。该原始数据集包含按国家划分的新冠死亡数据……

# 数据来源：废水流行病学监测时代全球饮水、卫生与洗手挑战的优先级设定

## 数据集内容简要概述
数据集1：新型冠状病毒肺炎全球卫生紧急事件期间饮水、卫生设施与手卫生不足导致死亡估算数据集
### 变量说明
- 区域（Region）：世界卫生组织划分的国家群组名称
- 年龄组别（Age category）：所有观测值仅包含1（<5岁）与5（全年龄段）两类
- 2019年不安全饮水、卫生与手卫生相关死亡点估计值（Deaths 2019 due to unsafe WASH point estimate）：按世界卫生组织区域与年龄组别划分的2019年不安全饮水、卫生与手卫生相关死亡人数点估计值
- 2019年不安全饮水、卫生与手卫生相关死亡上限估计值（Deaths 2019 due to unsafe WASH upper estimate）：按世界卫生组织区域与年龄组别划分的2019年不安全饮水、卫生与手卫生相关死亡人数上限估计值
- 2019年不安全饮水、卫生与手卫生相关死亡下限估计值（Deaths 2019 due to unsafe WASH lower estimate）：按世界卫生组织区域与年龄组别划分的2019年不安全饮水、卫生与手卫生相关死亡人数下限估计值
- 2020年1月3日至2023年5月5日估算死亡数（Estimated number Jan 3 2020-May 5 2023）：估算死亡人数……