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UNSAFE WATER AND POOR SANITATION

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More people are affected by the negative impact of poor water supply and sanitation than by war, terrorism, and weapons of mass destruction combined."Investment in water is an efficient and effective way to combat waterborne and vector-borne diseases.
The authors state that although access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation can have a strong positive effect on human health, the development and management of water resources as a whole has significant health implications. Man-made reservoirs and irrigation schemes help provide food and nutrition but they can also form ideal habitats for intensified transmission of schistosomiasis, an infection caused by a type of flatworm. Irrigation infrastructure and management of irrigation can be designed to keep transmission to a minimum. Improving irrigation to avoid standing or slow-moving water and improving disposal of household wastewater can also reduce mosquito breeding and transmission of malaria.

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