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The Water Crisis

 

 

WAter sustains life and human development.

Sanitation ensures that water supplies remain safe from fecal waste.

Hygiene provides the principles for stewarding water and sanitation facilities and preventing the spread of disease.

Together, WASH (water, sanitation, hygiene) improves all areas of life.

“We shall not finally defeat AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, or any of the other infectious diseases that plague the developing world until we have also won the battle for safe drinking water, sanitation and basic health care.”
— Kofi Annan, Former Secretary-General United Nations

 

 

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