Rhetoric and Reality on Water

Author(s)
Boley, T.
Publication language
English
Date published
07 Dec 2011
Publisher
Pulitzer Center
Type
Articles
Keywords
Disasters, Epidemics & pandemics, Urban, Water, sanitation and hygiene
Countries
Liberia

Eighteen percent of all deaths in Liberia are related to illnesses caused by poor water and sanitation – illnesses like diarrhea, malaria and cholera – according to a 2008 World Health Organization report. Only 25 percent of Liberians have access to safe drinking water and less than one in five Liberians has access to improved sanitation facilities.