Summary
The proportion of people with safe water and adequate sanitation in the villages of the Analanjirofo district (to which New Statesman subscribers' contributions are directed) is estimated to be as low as 9 per cent, inflicting a heavy penalty on the local economy in hours lost to education and productive work. Every day around the globe, 5,000 children die from the diarrhoeal diseases associated with contaminated water; it is the second-biggest childhood killer after tuberculosis and respiratory disease.
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Now Wash Your Hands
"What did we tell you last time we were here?" shouts the man with the microphone.
"Wash Your Hands!" yell back 200 children aged around 5-11. They are seated on the grass verges of the crossroads at Amparatanana, a village on Madagascar's east coast, the audience for a travelling marionette show spreading the word about hygienic use of latrines, keeping water uncontaminated and, above all, hand-washing.As Mr Clean upbraids Mr Dirty for his bad habits, the children scold along; as Mr Dirty goes ...See the full content of this document
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