Impacts on health - WaterAid (sitios de interés)

WaterAid | Impacts on health

Without a supply of safe water or a clean place to go to the toilet, communities are exposed to many diseases, as Mr Machangwa, who runs the Lifuwu clinic in the Salima district, explains.

Dysentery is a frequent problem amongst the 10,000 people in our catchment. It costs us about 200 Kwacha (£2) to cure a patient and in every one of these cases dirty water and poor sanitation are to blame.

WaterAid is helping communities here to set up safe water supplies, to build latrines and to learn about safe hygiene practices in an effort to combat these diseases.

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