World Water Day 2007: 4500 Children Die Daily
Thursday, March 22, 2007
JC Jones MA RN
The UN General Assembly designated March 22 as World Water Day to draw attention to the critical lack of clean drinking water worldwide. The world water crisis is one of our most pressing public health issues, with 20% of the world's population (or 1.1 billion people) lacking access to safe drinking water and nearly two thirds of those people live in Asia. 2.2 million people died from drinking unsafe water in 2004 and 90% of those were children.
Given the technological advances much of the world is enjoying, this is an appalling situation.
- Clean drinking water and basic sanitation are prerequisites for health and human rights.
- No diseases that plague the world today can be adequately controlled if people do not have clean water and sanitation.
- While the number of people with access to clean water has increased since 1990, the absolute number is impacted by the increase in the global population
- Industry accounts for 21% of world water uses. Corporations have an opportunity to partner with governments and civil society to be advocates and providers of clean water.
- Lack of clean water for people hurts businesses because it negatively impacts human resources: increased illness, absenteeism and reduced productivity and labor supply.
- Go to Maplecroft Maps for a comprehensive tutorial about water resources.
- Women and girls in rural parts of the world must walk as much as 6 miles a day to provide water for the household.
World Water Day 2007.
Thank you Demosh for use of your beautiful photo, Women.
1 Comments:
At Fri Jun 01, 02:35:00 AM 2007,
garvis said…
Hi to all, I have found out that we have beautiful, clear, drinking water BUT, ALL MY WATER PIPES IS FILLING UP WITH CALCIUM DEPOSITS, MY SINK FAUCETS, MY WIFE'S STEAM IRON THAT SHE USES TO PRESS CLOTHS. ALSO, I THINK MY BODY HAS CLOGGED UP WITH THE CALCIUM. MY CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM IS CLOGGED UP, MY HEART IS CLOGGED, MY CAROTID ARTERIES IS CLOGGED AND EVERYWHERE THE BLOOD FLOWS IS CLOGGED. I HAVE ALREADY HAD TO HAVE GALL BLADDER SURGERY, OPEN HEART SURGERY, CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY-TWICE ON BOTH SIDES. I HAVE REPLACED MY COMMODE TWICE AND KNOCKED HUNKS OF CALCIUM DEPOSITS OFF BOTH COMMODES AND THE LAST ONE WAS COMPLETELY STOPPED UP AND ME AND MY SON COULD NOT UNSTOP IT. I JUST REPLACED MY HOT WATER HEATER BECAUSE OF A FOOT OF BUILD UP IN THE BOTTOM TO THE BOTTOM HEATING ELEMENT. YOUR HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANKS, COVERED IN CALCIUM, GARVIS WILLIAMS garvisw@cableone.net .
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