Maji unayotumia ni safi na salama?

[beth]

Katika Maisha ya kila siku, Maji hayawezi kutenganishwa na Usafi kwani vyote vina umuhimu mkubwa hususan katika Masuala ya Kiafya.

Ugonjwa wa kuhara pekee unakadiriwa kusababisha vifo vya maelfu ya Watoto kila mwaka. Wengi wao ni walio na umri chini ya miaka mitano wanaoishi katika Nchi zinazoendelea.

Maji yasiyo salama na ukosefu wa vyoo vinatajwa kudhoofisha jitihada za kupambana na baadhi ya Magonjwa katika Nchi masikini.

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Water is at the core of sustainable development and is critical for socio-economic development, energy and food production, healthy ecosystems and for human survival itself. Water is also at the heart of adaptation to climate change, serving as the crucial link between society and the environment.

Water is also a rights issue. As the global population grows, there is an increasing need to balance all of the competing commercial demands on water resources, so that communities have enough for their needs. In particular, women and girls must have access to clean, private sanitation facilities to manage menstruation and maternity in dignity and safety.

At the human level, water cannot be seen in isolation from sanitation. Together, they are vital for reducing the global burden of disease and improving the health, education and economic productivity of populations.

Contaminated water and a lack of basic sanitation are undermining efforts to end extreme poverty and disease in the world’s poorest countries.

In 2017, 2 billion people worldwide did not have access to basic sanitation facilities such as toilets or latrines. 673 million people still practised open defecation. According to the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation, at least 1.2 billion people worldwide are estimated to drink water that is not protected against contamination from faeces. Even more drink water, which is delivered through a system without adequate protection against sanitary hazards.

Unclean water and child mortality​

Unclean water and poor sanitation are a leading cause of child mortality. Childhood diarrhoea is closely associated with insufficient water supply, inadequate sanitation, water contaminated with communicable disease agents, and poor hygiene practices. Diarrhoea is estimated to cause 1.5 million child deaths per year, mostly among children under five living in developing countries

 

[Ncha Kali]

Kikubwa uhai tu

 

[Mad Max]

Hao DAWASA ndio tuwaulize. Mi uwa nakunywa direct kutoka kwenye bomba.

 

[MWANDENDEULE]

Haya maji yetu ya bomba pamoja na kuchujwa na kufanyiwa treatment ya hali ya juu kabisa, bado si salama sana kwa kunywa kwani yapitako si salama kabisa.

Usafi wa mikono ya waunganisha bomba wakati wa kuunganisha wateja wapya huenda ikawa si safi na wao huyashika maji pia naamini.

Kuna sehemu pipe zinapita karibu kabisa na chamber au makaro ya mavi kitu ambacho kinaweza leta contamination with harmful microorganisms (vimelea vya magonjwa)

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