1. Clean Water Malaria HIV/AIDS
The Health Crisis
Clean Water
Malaria
HIV/AIDS

2. Accessing Clean Water
In 2002 the UN estimated that 1.2 billion people do not have access to clean or enough water
WHY?
Climate change has led to extreme drought and flood damage
Open water sources contaminated with chemical and waste disposal
Irrigation for agriculture uses the largest amount or water in the developing world
Poor cannot pay for even subsidized water

3. Preventing Disease
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that improving drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene could prevent about10% of disease worldwide
Cholera and Typhoid are diseases spread in unclean water
One of the MDGs is to provide access to safe water

4. It Can Happen HERE!
May 2000 Walkerton, Ontario experienced an E. coli outbreak
The bacteria contaminated wells that supply municipal water
2000 people fell ill and several died
Children and elderly the main victims

5. Malaria More than 240 million cases in 2008
At least 1 million people died most under age 5
The problem is getting worse in developing countries
Poor people living in slums do not have access to health care
Stagnant warm water is a breeding ground for mosquitoes that carry the virus
Worsening in Asia and South America due to forest clearing

6. How Can We Prevent Malaria?
Currently no vaccine for Malaria
Only prevention of malaria carrying mosquito bites can help stop the spread of disease
HOW?
Insecticide treated bed nets
DDT but this s a harmful chemical that is now banned
Still used in Zambia
Safe water planning

7. HIV/AIDS Pandemic Most serious disease issues today
Destroys the immune system
Treatments are available but costly
Sub Saharan Africa has been most affected by the virus
Only education and access to health care can combat this pandemic
22/33 million people with HIV/AIDS live in Africa
See page 411 for global stats as of 2008

9. Why is it out of control in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Limited access to education
Especially for women and children
Populations not educated on how it spreads
Lack of safe sex contraception or refusal to use
Myth vs Fact
Some people have promoted myths on how it spreads and how to treat it
Lack of health care
Need for regular medical care to diagnose and treat it

10. How Can We Stop the Spread of HIV/AIDS
Requires the cooperation of international agencies
Canada has helped to lead the establishment of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Helps countries to respond to HIV/AIDS and provided health workers to educate people to limit the spread of disease