Wednesday, 4 January 2012

250,000 child deaths occur annually in Pakistan due to unsafe water Chairman Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources (PCRWR)

Inadequate quantity and quality of potable water and poor sanitation facilities are associated with a host of illnesses and an estimated 250,000 child deaths occur each year in Pakistan due to water-borne diseases.

Unsafe drinking water is a source of many diseases, including diarrhoea, typhoid, intestinal worms and hepatitis.

It is estimated that more than 1.6 million DALYs (Disability Adjusted Life Years) are lost annually as a result of death and ailment due to diarrhoea and almost

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