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In the wake of Cyclone Nargis, which devastated the Myanmar delta in early May, and the seismic earthquake that shook China shortly thereafter, access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation have become top priorities among those attempting to prevent epidemic diseases. But even without catastrophic disasters, the lack of access to clean water and basic sanitation represents a silent crisis affecting more than a third of the world's population.¹ Some 443 million school days are lost annually to water-related illness, millions of women and girls spend up to 2 hours a day collecting water, and every day in Bangladesh . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Barry is a professor of medicine and public health at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Dr. Hughes is a professor of medicine at the School of Medicine and professor of global health and senior advisor at the Center for Global Safe Water in the Rollins School of Public Health — both at Emory University, Atlanta.

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