Bagamian KH, Anderson JD, Muhib F, et al. - Proxy indicators of morbidity and mortality risk from the most recent Demographic and Health Surveys with published relative risks was combined, in order to evaluate the subnational division of mortality, morbidity, and childhood stunting attributable to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) and Shigella infection in infants younger than 5 years from 11 eastern and central African countries. For the relative influence and cost-efficiency of new enteric vaccines, understanding the indirect mortality and morbidity of diarrhoeal pathogens on a subnational level would encourage disease control approaches and could have important effects. Moreover, since their processes relayed on publicly accessible data, they could be applied for national planning.