World Water Day is celebrated every year on March 22. This annual event offers an opportunity to highlight the necessity to do more to bring access to clean water and appropriate sanitation to more than a billion people who still lack access to basic water supply. We asked Uli Jaspers, Head of the Water and Sanitation Unit at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Geneva to explain why bringing better water and sanitation facilities is so essential. Question: 2008 has been made the “Year of Sanitation” by the United Nations. Why is it so crucial to mobilize the international community and promote better access to sanitation? Answer: Poor sanitation, hygiene and unsafe water claim the lives of an estimated 1.5 million children under the age of five every year.
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