Global Health: Water Quality with Sevuria Partnership

Cleveland High School

An Introduction to Water• "Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and

medium. There is no life without water." - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi [1937 Nobel Prize for Medicine]

• 70% of earths surface covered by earth• Only 2.5% is drinkable water.• A mere 8% of fresh water for household use.

Both photos:Unwater.org

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An Introduction to Water• "Water is life's mater and matrix,

mother and medium. There is no life without water." - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi [1937 Nobel Prize for Medicine]

• 70% of earths surface covered by earth

• Only 2.5% is drinkable water.• A mere 8% of fresh water for

household use.

Both photos:Unwater.org

Water Quality: a GLOBAL issue

• More than 1 Billion without access to safe water

• 20-50 liters for basic needs per person –

• 894 million or 1/6 people without access to this amount of water

World Water Assessment Programe (WWAP)

Our thought

• As a serious global issue, water quality is often overlooked. As a humanity, a clear focus must be put into improving the quality of water around the globe, exclusively in Kenya.

• Cholera is dangerous because many people in African countries have limited ways of determining if their drinking water is safe to consume.

Water Source• "From the stream people fetch drinking water and for

the livestock and store in small containers and tanks which is then ready for use." - Marcela Mwawasi

• "They dig shallow wells... At the height of drought like now, most of these wells dry up and so people move for several kms to fetch water." -Danson

Disrupting the water cycle

• Depletion of aquifers• Reduction of rivers

and lakes• Meaning next time

there will be less surface water

• Contamination of ground water

The Social Impact

• children have no choice, but to drop their education

• women carry heavy loads of water, to care for their families

• women are assaulted while gathering water

Why do we need water?

• Bathe• Drink• To wash• To cook• To put out fires• Hot region

What is Cholera?

• Cholera is an acute infection of the small intestine, caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.

• Vibrio cholerae, releases a toxin that causes increased release of water in the intestines, which produces severe diarrhea.

Who is at risk?

• Individuals living in places with inadequate water treatment, poor sanitation, and inadequate hygiene.

How does one get cholera?

•Consuming contaminated water or food.•Contact with feces

How does one get cholera?

Symptoms

• Profuse watery diarrhea• Abdominal and leg cramps

• Vomiting• Dehydration

• Excessive thirst • Dry skin

Treatments

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• Easily be treated with fluids ad antibiotics

• Replace fluids that have been lost.

• Oral rehydration solutions; Contain mixture of sugar and salts.

Ways to prevent cholera?

• Drink water that you have boiled or treated with chlorine or iodine.

• Be sure to wash your hands before processing and eating food, and after using the bathroom.

• Avoid foods and drinks from street vendors.

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6. "Aquifers, from USGS Water Science for Schools." USGS Georgia Water Science Center - Home Page. Web. 15 Apr. 2011. Page Last Modified: Tuesday, 08-Feb 2011<http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthgwaquifer.html>.

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