giornata mondiale acqua

["AlessandroGimona"<agimona@libero.it>]

Cari tutti,
il 22 Marzo e' la giornata mondiale dell'acqua.
Potete trovare dettagli sotto riguardo al sito web ad essa dedicato.

Spero interessi,
saluti
Alessandro Gimona


Dear colleague,

  To support celebrations of World Water Day (WWD) 22 March this year on 
Water
  and Health, we invite you to visit the World Water Day web-site on
  www.worldwaterday.org that IRC maintains on behalf of the World Health
  Organization (WHO), the lead United Nations agency for the day.  
Information
  on this year's theme will be regularly posted on the site and by 
e-mail
  leading up to the day, and will continue throughout the year.

  This will include:

  *       An explanatory leaflet on World Water Day.

  *       'An advocacy guide' to encourage partners, international
  organizations, private companies, governments, NGO's, schools, and the
  community at large to support and celebrate this unique occasion.

  *       Water related disease fact sheets will describe each water 
related
  disease and will provide you with the latest up to date information 
and
  statistics.

  *       Theme articles linking water and health will highlight the 
cross
  cutting issues such as poverty, war, flooding, infection human rights 
and
  much more.

  *       Case studies covering success stories as well as continuing 
water
  and health dilemmas. These will explore the crucial need for adequate 
and
  safe water and how this can improve people's health and well being.

  *       On the day, WHO will launch a new booklet aiming to raise 
awareness
  on the vital links between adequate clean, safe water and health, 
poverty
  alleviation, well being and overall sustainable development.

  We also want to know what you are planning on the day. Send the 
information
  to Dick de Jong mailto:jong@irc.nl. Your planned events and 
experiences with
  them will be put up on the web site under the Events section. You have 
also
  the opportunity to comment on the web site.

  Water and Health Highlights

  Water and health are common denominators of human existence. The World 
Water
  Day 2001 observance linking water and health, presents a unique 
opportunity
  to encourage awareness raising activities around water's importance to
  health in the life of every person on the planet.

  Water is intimately linked to health in several ways. It is important 
to
  address the increasing need for adequate and safe water to protect 
both
  people and the planet:

  * Preventing disease: Over two million people most of them children 
die each
  year of diarrhoeal disease linked to inadequate water supply, hygiene;
  another million die of malaria; in China alone, 30 million suffer from
  chronic flourisis, and 1.5 million are infected with hepatitis A. 
Improved
  water quality, sanitation and personal hygiene significantly reduce 
the
  spread of these and many other water-related diseases. Better water
  resources planning and management have a similar beneficial impact on 
the
  incidence of malaria, schistosomiasis and other vector-borne diseases.

  * Preventing disease helps to alleviate poverty. The 1.1 billion 
people
  without access to even improved water sources and the 2.4 billion 
without
  basic sanitation include the poorest people in the world - and some of 
the
  unhealthiest. A first step towards alleviating poverty is to 
acknowledge the
  many components as well as note the major contribution of water and
  sanitation to poverty alleviation and development.

  * Improving health: Safe water, adequate sanitation and hygiene 
education
  are basic human rights that protect health, increase the sense of well 
being
  and improve economic and social productivity. In addition, 
water-related
  leisure activities, such as sports and spas, contribute to healthy
  lifestyles and longevity.

  The Water, Sanitation and Health Unit of WHO
  http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/index.html and IRC are 
working
  together to keep you up-to-date on WWD before and after 22 March. 
Since 1994
  IRC has been providing information support on WWD to its contacts.

  Regards

  Dick de Jong



Alessandro Gimona
agimona@libero.it