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Reminded of Most Precious Liquid Asset |
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Under
international human rights law, water is implicitly
and explicitly protected as a human right, yet one
sixth of the world's 6.1 billion people lack access
to improved sources of water. |
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| That fact forms
the backdrop to "Water and Health," the broad but apt
theme for World Water Day, organized by the Geneva based
World Health Organization (WHO) and marked tomorrow by
events across the globe. |
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| Small and large,
the events are as varied as the countries hosting them.
Egypt, France, and India are among countries pursuing
demonstration projects for desalting seawater with the
application of nuclear energy, an approach known as nuclear
desalination. Water savings at the farm level can help
offset the effect of rising water costs and restricted
water supplies on producer income. Water is a fundamental
component of primary health care. |
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| Yet today, 1.1 billion
people - 18 percent of the world's population - still
do not even have access to improved sources of water and
2.4 billion do not have access to basic sanitation. As
a direct consequence, 2.2 million people die each year
from diarrhea - most of them children in developing countries.
Many others also die from other diseases associated with
lack of clean drinking water, inadequate sanitation and
poor hygiene. Ill health is one of the major obstacles
to poverty alleviation, both its cause and its consequence.
According to the UN, two thirds of the world's people
will suffer from moderate to severe lack of water by the
year 2025 if nothing is done to remedy water shortages. |
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