A source of life, development, economy and education, water  is unfortunately all too often a cause of poverty, disease and death.  In 2019, 395,000 children under the age of five died as a result of diseases linked to unsafe water and the environment³.

3,5 billion people still do not have  access to safely managed sanitation  services . Among them, 419 million still practice open  defecation¹.

“Tons of fecal matter are deposited in the natural environment. A single gram contains up to 10,000 viruses, including poliomyelitis and one million bacteria responsible for dysentery, diarrhea and  cholera. Dying from these diseases today should be unthinkable.” It is estimated that access to toilets and routine handwashing could save hundreds of thousands of lives deaths every year.

Ipokrate believes that it is essential to identify high-risk hygiene practices and to teach poeple how to change them, by scheduling messages and communication methods that are appropriate for the local culture and the emergency situation concerned.

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