Freshwater: Key to Global Health

The devastation in Haiti has provided the world with an upfront, 24x7 cornucopia of media attention.

The world has known about conditions in Haiti AND Sudan AND Yemen AND all of the other developing countries for quite some time. Yet, it usually takes an extraordinary event to mobilize international efforts.

Unfortunately, these efforts are usually ex post facto.

With so much concurrent activity, it is often difficult to focus attention on any one aspect because everything seems to be a 10 in severity.

The following paper from the UNU (org link can be accessed to the right of this blog): Safe Water as the Key to Global Health provides a singular focus that is critical not just in Haiti, but throughout most of the world.