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Global Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Health Burden Inadequate water, sanitation, Water is considered to be the most important resource for and hygiene (WASH) conditions sustaining ecosystems, which provide life-supporting services for people, animals, and plants. Because contaminated water is a exist in a range of settings, major cause of illness and death, water quality is a determining from temporary refugee camps factor in human poverty, education, and economic opportunities. to permanent housing in large cities. CDC is engaged in global Unfortunately, worldwide water quality is declining, threatening WASH activities that respond the health of ecosystems and humans worldwide. Various factors influence this deterioration, including population growth, rapid to needs across that spectrum urbanization, land use, industrial discharge of chemicals, and and help prevent global water-, factors resulting from climate change. sanitation-, and hygiene- related disease. Today, hundreds of millions of people do not have access to improved sources of drinking water, leaving them at risk for water-, sanitation-, and hygiene- (WASH) related diseases. Worldwide in 2010, 801,000 children died from diarrheal illnesses, most of which are caused by unsafe water, poor sanitation, and inadequate hygiene. Devastating epidemics of cholera, such as the 2010– 2011 outbreak in Haiti that caused more than 500,000 cases of illness and 7,000 deaths, are only the “tip of the iceberg,” as most waterborne diseases, illnesses, and deaths are never reported. Responding to these challenges requires a spectrum of interventions. The prevention or minimization of water pollution is critical to improving drinking water quality. Interventions to improve drinking water quality range from disinfecting water at the household level [point-of-use (POU) treatment] to water management at the community level [Water Safety Plans (WSPs)]. In some situations, more than one type of intervention is needed. For example, both POU treatment and WSPs may be needed for piped water systems with intermittent service. When this happens, the different interventions are complementary, not competitive. For more information, visit: www.cdc.gov/healthywater/global/ U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CS234847-A.

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