Authored by Michael Uchenna
Opinion
Often times, there seems to be high rate of death toll in the rural
area of which the cause is still hidden to those living in such area.
Nowadays, people suffer a slight headache and the next thing
you hear is that the person is dead. This is mostly caused by intake
of dirty/unclean water, but people are yet to know.
There are some identified diseases caused by unsensitized
water. Such diseases include Amoebiasis, cholera, Giardia,
cryptosporidiosis, etcetera. But the truth is, there are still some
diseases that are yet to be known that are caused by unclean
water. If this is not true, the symptoms and medications of the
aforementioned diseases has been in one way or another related to
those living in such an area yet, they still die of water borne disease
contamination irrespective of their age or gender.
There is a question that linger in my mind
Why are People Still Dying of Water Borne Diseases in this Era?
In the world of today, people still die of water borne disease
due to either ‘ ignorance ‘ or lack of finance. let us not forget that
our target is at those living in the rural areas. A situation where one
is been told look, you are suffering from this particular disease and
it was caused by the type of water you drink and the question you
hear from the person in response is, have you ever seen anyone who
has died of water borne disease before? or you had that someone
died because of water. is water not meant for drinking? you will be
discouraged to enlighten the person on how to cure such disease.
Secondly, when one knows the cause of the disease and what can
cure the disease but due to lack of finance, such a person could
not access the hospital, the only option left for the disease is to kill
such a person. The governance in most countries more especially
in West African countries is too poor that those elected politic with
people’s lives as provision of basic ammunition are considered
a later obligation. According to World Health Organization, 3.4
million people die of water borne disease in the whole world of
which over 3.2 million are from the West African countries. some
people travel a very long distance just to fetch drinking water which
are not treated before intake. if these people can be provided with
water, half treated, the figure will drastically reduce by at least 75%.
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