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The United Nations has dedicated March 22 this year as ‘World Water Day’ with the theme “Clean Water for a Healthy World”. It highlights the importance of water quality alongside quantity of the resource in water management. Photo: Mizzima. The national average figure acknowledged by the government shows that 25 per cent of people in Burma are without access to safe drinking water. The United Nations has dedicated March 22 this year as ‘World Water Day’ with the theme “Clean Water for a Healthy World”. It highlights the importance of water quality alongside quantity of the resource in water management. Photo: Mizzima. The national average figure acknowledged by the government shows that 25 per cent of people in Burma are without access to safe drinking water. The United Nations has dedicated March 22 this year as ‘World Water Day’ with the theme “Clean Water for a Healthy World”. It highlights the importance of water quality alongside quantity of the resource in water management. Photo: Mizzima. The national average figure acknowledged by the government shows that 25 per cent of people in Burma are without access to safe drinking water. The United Nations has dedicated March 22 this year as ‘World Water Day’ with the theme “Clean Water for a Healthy World”. It highlights the importance of water quality alongside quantity of the resource in water management. Photo: Mizzima. The national average figure acknowledged by the government shows that 25 per cent of people in Burma are without access to safe drinking water. The United Nations has dedicated March 22 this year as ‘World Water Day’ with the theme “Clean Water for a Healthy World”. It highlights the importance of water quality alongside quantity of the resource in water management. Photo: Mizzima. The national average figure acknowledged by the government shows that 25 per cent of people in Burma are without access to safe drinking water. People living along the Irrawaddy River, the main river that flows across the centre of the country, depend on the river for water. Especially the areas in the middle of the country such as Mangwe and Mandalay Divisions, people have to rely on the Irrawaddy River. Photo: Mizzima. The United Nations has dedicated March 22 this year as ‘World Water Day’ with the theme “Clean Water for a Healthy World”. People living along the Irrawaddy River, the main river that flows across the centre of the country, depend on the river for water. Especially the areas in the middle of the country such as Mangwe and Mandalay Divisions, people have to rely on the Irrawaddy River. Photo: Mizzima. The United Nations has dedicated March 22 this year as ‘World Water Day’ with the theme “Clean Water for a Healthy World”. People living along the Irrawaddy River, the main river that flows across the centre of the country, depend on the river for water. Especially the areas in the middle of the country such as Mangwe and Mandalay Divisions, people have to rely on the Irrawaddy River. Photo: Mizzima. The United Nations has dedicated March 22 this year as ‘World Water Day’ with the theme “Clean Water for a Healthy World”. People living along the Irrawaddy River, the main river that flows across the centre of the country, depend on the river for water. Especially the areas in the middle of the country such as Mangwe and Mandalay Divisions, people have to rely on the Irrawaddy River. Photo: Mizzima. The United Nations has dedicated March 22 this year as ‘World Water Day’ with the theme “Clean Water for a Healthy World”. People living along the Irrawaddy River, the main river that flows across the centre of the country, depend on the river for water. Especially the areas in the middle of the country such as Mangwe and Mandalay Divisions, people have to rely on the Irrawaddy River. Photo: Mizzima. The United Nations has dedicated March 22 this year as ‘World Water Day’ with the theme “Clean Water for a Healthy World”. The United Nations has dedicated March 22 this year as ‘World Water Day’ with the theme “Clean Water for a Healthy World”. Photo: Mizzima. “With an estimated 884 million people relying on unimproved drinking water sources, access to safe drinking water is clearly a human rights issue, with serious implications for children’s health, education and even personal security,” says the UN Independent Expert on water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque. The United Nations has dedicated March 22 this year as ‘World Water Day’ with the theme “Clean Water for a Healthy World”. Photo: Mizzima. “With an estimated 884 million people relying on unimproved drinking water sources, access to safe drinking water is clearly a human rights issue, with serious implications for children’s health, education and even personal security,” says the UN Independent Expert on water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque. “We are not anticipating any crisis due to water shortage. Access to unsafe water can increase the incidences of water borne diseases such as diarrhoea, which can happen as an occasional phenomenon but is not a crisis,” according to UNICEF in Burma. Photo: Mizzima. The United Nations has dedicated March 22 this year as ‘World Water Day’ with the theme “Clean Water for a Healthy World”. “We are not anticipating any crisis due to water shortage. Access to unsafe water can increase the incidences of water borne diseases such as diarrhoea, which can happen as an occasional phenomenon but is not a crisis,” according to UNICEF in Burma. Photo: Mizzima. The United Nations has dedicated March 22 this year as ‘World Water Day’ with the theme “Clean Water for a Healthy World”. “We are not anticipating any crisis due to water shortage. Access to unsafe water can increase the incidences of water borne diseases such as diarrhoea, which can happen as an occasional phenomenon but is not a crisis,” according to UNICEF in Burma. Photo: Mizzima. The United Nations has dedicated March 22 this year as ‘World Water Day’ with the theme “Clean Water for a Healthy World”. “We are not anticipating any crisis due to water shortage. Access to unsafe water can increase the incidences of water borne diseases such as diarrhoea, which can happen as an occasional phenomenon but is not a crisis,” according to UNICEF in Burma. Photo: Mizzima. The United Nations has dedicated March 22 this year as ‘World Water Day’ with the theme “Clean Water for a Healthy World”. The UNICEF office in Rangoon says that water shortage in the dry seasons is not new to Burma. “Every year various ways to respond and cope with water scarcity are adopted. Such as building community and household level water storage capacity which UNICEF supports in certain areas. Water is also supplied but only in acute shortage situations’, said a spokesperson of UNICEF office in Rangoon. Photo: Mizzima. The United Nations has dedicated March 22 this year as ‘World Water Day’ with the theme “Clean Water for a Healthy World”. The UNICEF office in Rangoon says that water shortage in the dry seasons is not new to Burma. “Every year various ways to respond and cope with water scarcity are adopted. Such as building community and household level water storage capacity which UNICEF supports in certain areas. Water is also supplied but only in acute shortage situations’, said a spokesperson of UNICEF office in Rangoon. Photo: Mizzima. The United Nations has dedicated March 22 this year as ‘World Water Day’ with the theme “Clean Water for a Healthy World”. The UNICEF office in Rangoon says that water shortage in the dry seasons is not new to Burma. “Every year various ways to respond and cope with water scarcity are adopted. Such as building community and household level water storage capacity which UNICEF supports in certain areas. Water is also supplied but only in acute shortage situations’, said a spokesperson of UNICEF office in Rangoon. Photo: Mizzima. The United Nations has dedicated March 22 this year as ‘World Water Day’ with the theme “Clean Water for a Healthy World”.

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