Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Hospital Princess Lala Meryem 92000 Larache, Morocco.
Perspect Public Health. 2012 Sep;132(5):240-4. doi: 10.1177/1757913910391040. Epub 2011 Apr 7.
Shortages of water could become a major obstacle to public health and development. Currently, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimate that 1.1 billion people lack access to a water supply and 2.6 billion people lack adequate sanitation. The global health burden associated with these conditions is staggering, with an estimated 1.6 million deaths every year from diseases associated with lack of access to safe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene. In this paper we review the impact of water shortages on health and human development.
水资源短缺可能成为公共卫生和发展的主要障碍。目前，联合国儿童基金会（UNICEF）和世界卫生组织（WHO）估计，有 11 亿人无法获得供水，26 亿人缺乏足够的卫生设施。与这些条件相关的全球健康负担令人震惊，每年估计有 160 万人因无法获得安全饮用水、卫生设施不足和卫生条件差而导致的疾病死亡。本文回顾了水资源短缺对健康和人类发展的影响。
