There are a countless number of risk factors that contribute
to the prevalence of water-linked diseases in the world. One of the greatest of
those risk factors includes a high population density. There are five known
different categories of water-associated diseases. For different categories of diseases recorded
the impacts of certain factors vary. According to the article, studies have
shown that Western Europe, Central Africa, Northern India and Southeast Asia
are amongst the regions that are the most prone to report cases of outbreaks
ranging from E. coli-related diarrhea to dengue fever. Ohio State University
scientists have managed to come up with a database with a model that has the
ability to predict risks for water-associated disease outbreaks in almost anywhere
in the entire world. This is one really big step toward the progression of
putting a halt to the outbreak of the diseases. World health experts have also
managed to take the initiative into realizing the steps that actually need to
be taken and put into action to stop this issue. Some of those risks included
being able to get a better handle on the socio-environmental factors that
affect the risk for the outbreaks, and providing an early warning to places
undergoing global environmental changes. This is such a prevalent issue because
clean water is one of the most vital essentials to sustain quality life. All
humans need water everywhere all throughout the entire world. Because it is so essential
to life it has the ability to carry many hazards that can defectively affect our
health. With a greater and denser population because of all of the many people
and incalculable amount of germs we all carry it makes the water more susceptible
to being infected. I agree that the steps the World Health experts stated to
put in motion are definitely very important methods into helping notify the
public of this issue, and possibly helping to dramatically decrease the
prevalence of the issue of water-linked diseases as well.
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