One area of concern that I chose
was access to clean or healthy water. We
all know that water is vital for our survival as well as water is used for many
other things. Not having access to
healthy water can really affect in many ways.
As I conducted some research on the topic of countries that suffer from not
having healthy water I was shock to the number of people that do not have clear
water. It was sad to learn that 2.1
billion people lack clean water, but more frightening to read that every year
over 361k children with age of under 5 will die of diarrhea. The poor sanitation and water contamination
is linked to many other diseases like, typhoid, cholera, hepatitis A and other
transmission of diseases. The countries
that have the worst problem with having clean water are among, Mexico, Congo, Pakistan,
Ghana, Nepal, Cambodia, Nigeria, and Ethiopia.
I did a bit more research on Ghana’s
water and I found out that 70% of all the diseases are caused by the water not
being safe and they have poor sanitation.
Six million people rely on using on a daily basis surface water and 67%
do not have toilet facilities. It is alarming
to learn that there is such a high percentage of diseases because of the unsafe
water. It is known that most of the water contamination
is because people dump waste materials into the lakes, and rivers and people do
not realize the harm they are doing in contaminating their own water they need
for consumption. They might be able to
survive with not having any food, but water again is a necessity for survival.
Hello Miguel,
ReplyDeleteI appreciate you sharing your findings on the water sanitation epidemic impacting young children and families around the world. You mentioned that 70% of all diseases in Ghana are caused through unclean water. All children should have access to clean water as well as their families. In my area some schools have even been shut down due to water sanitation issues with the schools water supply. Thanks for bringing forward information about such a complex issue.
Hello Miguel,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this very important information. This is such a sad situation, and definitely something I take for granted living in an area where I have regular access to healthy water. Thank you for raising my awareness about this issue.
Hello Miguel.
ReplyDeleteI also thank you for sharing some valuable information about the unclean water in Ghana. It is so important that everyone should have clean healthy water. Children's development will be effected if they are subject to unclean water. Which was and still is a problem here in America. Like right in Flint Michigan.