Data and statistics on environmental ploblem lack of water
More than one in six people worldwide - 894 million - don't have access to improved water sources.
Source: World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Joint Monitoring Programme on Water Supply and Sanitation (JMP) ; [ Globally, diarrhoea is the leading cause of illness and death, and 88 per cent of diarrhoeal deaths are due to a lack of access to sanitation facilities, together with inadequate availability of water for hygiene and unsafe drinking water.
Source: JMP ; In Sub-Saharan Africa, treating diarrhoea consumes 12 percent of the health budget. On a
typical day, more than half the hospital beds in are occupied by patients suffering from faecal-related disease.
Source: WSSCC. ]
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