Samples of Water and Health Sound Bites 3.4 million people, mostly children, die annually from water-related diseases. Diarrhoeal diseases, including cholera, account for two million deaths annually. 1.5 million cases of clinical hepatitis A occur each year. 1 million people die each year from malaria. 2.4 billion people are without access to any sort of basic sanitation facility.
Unsafe water is a breeding ground of disease and poverty.
Water is a basic human right. Water related infections are a major cause of mortality in the developing countries of the South. More than one billion people do not have access to improved drinking water sources. In poor countries, diarrhoea is a major killer. WHO , implemented by IRC .