Bangladesh : Can Automated Chlorination at Shared Water Taps Reduce Disease in Urban Slums?

World Bank

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: WATER AND SANITATION;    CHLORINATION;    DRINKING WATER;    URBAN SLUM;    SHARED WATER TAP;   

RP-ID  :  147368

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Safe drinking water is essential forhealthy human development and survival, but millions of poorpeople in low-income countries only have access tocontaminated drinking water. For children, the problem isparticularly dangerous and deadly, with diarrheal diseaseslike typhoid and cholera responsible for approximately800,000 child deaths each year.