Tag The World

• Over two million Africans died from AIDS last year, some 25 million have HIV, and infection rates continuing to rise on the continent.

• 1.1 billion people lack access to an improved water supply - approximately one in six people on earth. More than half of Africa's people lack access to safe drinking water. Of all the renewable water available in Africa each year, only 4% is used -- because most Africans lack the wells, canals, pumps, reservoirs and other irrigation systems.

• The average American individual uses 100 to 176 gallons of water at home each day. The average African family uses about 5 gallons of water each day. Each flush of the toilet uses the same amount of water that one person in the Third World uses all day for washing, cleaning, cooking and drinking.

• Every 15 seconds, a child dies from a water-related disease. Over 80% of the disease in developing countries is related to poor drinking water and sanitation.

• At any given time, half of the world’s hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from a water-related disease. For children under age five, water-related diseases are the leading cause of death.

• 1.5 billion people in the world are suffering from parasite infections, which can cause malnutrition, anemia and delayed growth, due to the presence of solid human waste in the environment. Many of these infections could be controlled with improved hygiene, clean water and sanitation.

Africa Tag
The heart in the center of the tag represents hope, that no matter what the cause, there is hope for change for the people that need it.

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