Water and health in Africa experiences from AMREF. (Agua y Salud en África experiencias de AMREF)
- Resumen
- Globally 2.4 Billion and 1.1 Billion people do not have access to Sanitation and Water respectively. AfricahasthelowestcoverageonlysecondtoSouthEastAsia. SubSaharanAfrica with a population of 770 million people has the lowest coverage at 58% for water and 36% for sanitation. 70% of the morbidity particularly for under fives is related to unsafe water and sanitation. Of particular interest is diarrhoea that kills some 700,000 children annually in the Sub Saharan Africa. Some of the factors contributing to this situation include climate variability including global warming, environmental degradation, deforestation and pollution of existing sources,increasingdemandfor water forvarieduse, lowallocation of resourcesto conserveand protect sources, poverty and high cost of services, poor enforcement of appropriate laws and policiesandignoranceamongothers. Inanefforttoincreaseaccess,AMREF,thelargestAfrican Health basedNGOhastestedanddocumentedamodelthatensuresincreasedaccesstoWaterand Sanitation as well as ensuring sustainability of the interventions based on the beneficiaries own efforts. This hasresulted in increased access to safe Water and Sanitation, significant reduction of related diseases, increased food production, afforestation, conservation of water sources, increased school attendance and performance for especially girl child and allowed some other income generating activities usingthe water. <br/> AMREF has learnt and ensured that all interventions must be environmental friendly. Lessons Learnt intheprocessofinterventionshavebeensharedwithotherstakeholdersforreplicationas wellasusedto influencenewpoliciesandpractices. <br/> Therearestillchallengesthat needtobeovercomeincludingthat oflackofappropriatepolicies andlegislations,poverty;effectsofglobal warmingandensuringcommunitieshavethecapacity to sustaintheWaterandSanitation servicesacross Africa.
- Autor
- Rukunga, Gerald K.
- Palabras Clave
- Agua, Sanidad, Medicina preventiva, Desarrollo sostenible, Asociaciones ecologistas, Impacto ambiental, Pobreza, Mortalidad
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