[Mb-civic] Report: Poor Sanitation Endangers Billions

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Report: Poor Sanitation Endangers Billions

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-un-bad-sanitation,0,5012312.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

About 2.4 billion people will likely face the risk of needless disease and 
death by the target date of 2015 because of bad sanitation, the World 
Health Organization and UNICEF said in a joint report.

Most countries appear on track to cut by half the number of people without 
access to safe drinking water, but that still will leave 800 million people 
-- mainly in sub-Saharan Africa -- with polluted supplies, the agencies said.

Bad sanitation -- decaying or nonexistent sewage systems and toilets -- 
fuels the spread of disease like cholera and basic illness like diarrhea, 
which kills a child every 21 seconds.

Around 2.6 billion people currently lack access to basic sanitation; 1 
billion use unsafe drinking water.


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