Water, Sanitation, And Hygiene By World Vision

Water is the basis of all life. But for millions of children, the water they drink can also be a source of persistent illness, leading to an early grave. A child dies of diarrheal disease every 30 seconds 1 and for every child who dies of diarrheal disease, three more children die of other diseases passed along by unwashed hands, or made more deadly by chronic malnutrition resulting from constant bouts of diarrheal disease and intestinal parasites.2, 3 Thus, every 7 seconds, a child in the developing world dies of WASH-related disease or WASH-related malnutrition.