Experts call on African countries to step up control sourcity of water-related infectious diseases
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Last Update: 2020-07-07
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experts attending the third annual meeting of the African Academy of Sciences Development Program in Dakar, Senegal, called on theon thursday toAfrican countries to strengthen control over water-related infectious diseasesThe theme of the conference was the "Water andHealth", withparticipants from kenya
,South Africa,Nigeria
,Uganda,Cameroon
, Senegal and the United States and Canada Experts point out drinking unclean water is prone to diseases such as cholera, typhoid and hepatitis , malaria, river blindness and schistosomiasis, which sometimes spread through water channels and large-scale epidemics Water-related diseases have caused enormous economic losses in African countries Experts say effective control of such diseases will boost Africa's economy
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