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World Water Day, 20 March 2008

In a statement issued by UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Water Day targeted a lack of political will as the main reason for failure to achieve basic sanitation.  However with today is marked to bring awareness to the plight of some  2.6 billion people world wide who are without proper sanitation facilities and clean drinking water.

What can proper sanitation and hygiene do:

  • Lower morbidity rates in the population.
  • Lower mortality rates due to diarrhea.
  • Better nutrition among children.
  • Cleaner environment.
  • Safer food and increased impact of improved water supplies.
  • Better learning and retention among school children.
  • Dignity and privacy, especially women and girls.

    • UNICEF and UNDP will hold a ground braking event, ‘Stand up for those who cant sit down’, today in NYC’s Central Park;

    Please see the official World Water Day site, and yesterdays post for more information, resources and ways you can help those in need of clean water and sanitation.

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    One Response to “World Water Day, 20 March 2008”

    1. Cassandra Clifford Says:
      March 20th, 2008 at 8:36 pm

      World Water Day 2008 - The Link Between Clean Water and Health

      Time and Place
      Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2008
      Time: 12:30pm - 2:00pm
      Location: Rayburn House Office Building - Room B338
      City/Town: Washington, DC

      More than 1 billion people live without access to safe water and 2.6 billion people do not have access to basic sanitation. Please join the Global Health Council in commemorating World Water Day at a briefing focusing on the importance of clean water as a health intervention. Diarrheal diseases - in large part caused by unclean water - result in the deaths of 1.8 million people annually and contribute to the deaths of many more. In addition, the burden of collecting clean water more often than not lies with women, increasing their vulnerability to neglected diseases and violence.

      Host: Maurice Middleburg
      Please fill out registration form at: http://www.globalhealth.org/view_top.php3?id=646

      Direct Link: http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/9706

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