Their very affluence affords them a variety of ways in which to damage their health. Other impediments to health are in the environment. Sickness and disease may result from the pollution of air and waterways or the destruction of forests. Floods and other natural disasters may cause water pollution, resulting in epidemics of malaria or cholera. Disasters may also uproot and dislocate subsistence farm families, preventing them from growing their own food.
War is a destroyer of health as well as life.
Not only does it bring death or injury to the combatants, it creates refugees who are often forced to live in crowded camps where food is limited and sanitation is poor. Even after a war ends, both combatants and civilians continue to suffer from physical and mental trauma, and farmers cultivating their fields may be killed or mutilated by buried landmines. Cover of a children's resource available for this mission study. Global Health mission-study resources have been prepared for all age levels. You can join the journey by offering the study in your local church.