Access to Healthy Water in India
Having access to healthy water is meaningful to me because it is very important for individuals to consume clean water, if not, then this not only affects 1 one of the public health areas of concern, but also affects the nutrition/malnutrition of a child and their development.
Children in India are not supplied with healthy water. due to the scarce amounts of toilets, most Indian people urinate and defecate outside, causing contamination of the water and making the people sick after drinking the water. "Children who are exposed to open defecation or who don't have a clean water supply may ingest bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites that cause intestinal infection; chronic inflammation in a child's gastrointestinal track is linked to stunting and anemia, and puts children at risk for poor early childhood development"(Worley para6). Children in India are placed at a greater risk of dying before the age of five, due to lack of healthy water supply, and also effecting their cognitive and physical development.
After learning how complicated it is for children to have healthy water in other countries and the effects of development and mortality rates that are placed upon them, gives me a great idea to be an advocate to ensure that children are supplied with healthy clean water that they need. Holding seminar's or passing out flyers is also an idea I think could be a way to share the importance of healthy water.
REFERENCE
Worley , Heidi. "Population Reference Bureau." Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Malnutrition in India. Sep 2014. Web. 8 Nov 2015. http://www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2014/india-sanitation-malnutrition.aspx.
It's heartbreaking to know that every child doesn't have access to something as basic as clean water. We take these things for granted and feel that we are entitled to them. We all should be advocates to provide children all over the world with clean water to help combat malnutrition and help with healthy childhood development.
ReplyDeleteIt pains me to read that children go through such hard times and predisposed to watreborne diseeses which may in turn affect their healthy development. I encourage to create an impact however small it may seem.
ReplyDeleteIndeede we need to advocate the voiceless children.
Goodluck in your quest.