Development and prospects of water for a clean and healthy world - hand health care students - focus ...

 Stockholm, Sweden, 2008 materials provided show, released report that the lack of toilets and sanitation globally threatening about 26 million people. At the same time, 140 million children worldwide each year due to poor living conditions, sanitation-related diseases die from malaria. These two issues have not received enough attention. 
UNESCO survey released earlier, in developing countries, about 90% of the sewage and 70% of industrial wastewater discharged into rivers without any treatment, which would threaten the safety of drinking water and domestic water supply. It is estimated that 88% of global disease can be attributed to unsafe water and lack of sanitation . UNESCO survey also showed that water is increasingly a global city The more tense: in 2007, half of the world population lives in cities and towns. By 2030, the proportion of urban population will grow to nearly two-thirds, resulting surge in demand for urban water. survey estimated that 20 million people live in squatter settlements and slums . The lack of clean water and sanitation facilities in these urban poor hardest hit .  agency said in a report, the current Asia-Pacific region about 560 million people in rural drinking water conditions were not yet improved, 1.5 billion people lack basic sanitation facilities. World Health Organization report, pointed out that 62% of the population of Africa is no real sense of the toilet . Even in Europe and the United States, daily average of 37 children died due to lack of safe drinking water and diarrhea .2006, pan-European area of about 17 million people sick because of lack of safe water, of which 12 million people suffering from hepatitis .  U.S. Associated Press in March of this year, according to a survey, 24 U.S. cities for drinking water containing antibiotics and sedatives and other medicines for at least 4100 people in their daily lives for drinking water security risks that exist.   UNESCO pointed out that the increase in sewage treatment and sanitation facilities is essential to human health. to improve health conditions can reduce the disease, protect the environment and promote economic development and social progress of countries in the world should ; wading health