Swine Flu and Safe Drinking Water

“We shall not finally defeat AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, or any of the other infectious diseases that plague the developing world until we have also won the battle for safe drinking water"
-Kofi Annan, Former UN Secretary General

Let me begin by saying that there is no direct correlation between Swine Flu and safe drinking water. Swine flu is trasmitted just like other flus, from coming in to contact with sick people, coughing, sneezing, etc.

However there is a correlation regarding safe drinking water and your ability to recover from a disease like swine flu, and other diseases like those that Kofi Annan talks about in the quote above.

Think about what it would be like trying to recover from the flu if you didn’t have a source of safe drinking water. Flu symptoms dehydrate you (sweating from the fever, vomiting, and diarrhea.) If you are trying to rehydrate with contaminated water, the flu symptoms and associated problems are exacerbated.

Healing Waters International works in Mexico. We work to provide access to safe drinking water to the poorest of the poor, those who are most impacted by diseases like the flu and water-borne diseases.

To learn more about the work of Healing Waters International, you can visit our website at http://www.healingwatersintl.org

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