Diseases

of the waterwaterfall

By Ashton, Katie, and Brittany

To begin …• Water is the value of life, the reason we can

live on earth at all! It shouldn’t be the one to take it away though. To give a better insight look at this tragedy we will explain how you can die from drinking nasty water.

The water that KILLS!

• There are 2 main diseases that are known to kill humans in Kenya, Ethiopia, and other developing countries(that you can obtain from drinking nasty water)

• Cholera • and

• Diarrhea

Cholera • Cholera is caused by bacteria entering into the

blood and then causing infection in the bloodstream.

• It is estimated that most cases of cholera are unreported due to poor surveillance systems, particularly in Africa. Fatality rates are 5% of total cases in Africa, and less than 1% elsewhere.

Diarrhea • the condition of having frequent loose or

liquid bowel movements. It could result in malnutrition. Acute diarrhea is a common cause of death in developing countries

• You could possibly get the condition from drinking water that either animals bathed/humans bathed and possibly where an animal/human used the bathroom.

Other diseases include…

• Typhoid fever• Swimmer’s ear• Leptospirosis• E. coli infection• Campylobacteriosis• Giardiasis• And more…

Little explaining to do…

• Typhoid fever- Ingestion of water contaminated with feces of an infected person

• Swimmer’s ear-Swimming in water contaminated by the responsible pathogens

• Leptospirosis- Water contaminated by the animal urine carrying the bacteria

Continued…

• E. coli infection- Water contaminated with the bacteria

• Campylobacteriosis- Drinking water contaminated with feces

• Giardiasis- groundwater contamination, where humans and wildlife use same source of water.

More info on this topic

• waterborne diseases kill more people a year than lions and tigers put together

• 10% of the cases are in Africa

Conclusion

• Waterborne Diseases are very common in developing countries. The #1 killers are cholera and diarrhea. There are also other diseases that also kill people like typhoid fever. We also learned that waterborne diseases are more lethal in developing countries thanks for watching!

Credits

• Info and pictures provided by Wikipedia.org and YouTube