Diseases spread by unclean drinking water kill more people each year than malaria and HIV/AIDS combined. Experts estimate that more than five thousand children die every day in Africa from diseases spread by contaminated drinking water. In 2013, more than thirty-four thousand people died from diarrhea-related illnesses spread by dirty water (CBS 1). Dysentery, one of many diseases that can result from dirty water, is a disorder of the lower intestine. Some common symptoms of dysentery include: bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramps, fever, and rectal discomfort. Dysentery is usually spread through personal contact and contaminated food and water. Dysentery can quickly develop immunity to antibiotics that can be prescribed to get rid of the disease. The only way to prevent dysentery is to improve good individual, domestic and environmental hygiene. You can improve sanitation by washing your hands with soap and drinking clean water (Cyber ​​1). Another serious disease caused by the consumption of contaminated water and poor sanitation habits is cholera. Cholera is a disease of the small intestine. Common symptoms of cholera are: dry mouth, dry skin, lethargy, dehydration, rapid pulse, sunken eyes, severe diarrhea, and unusual tiredness (AAHC 1). The largest cholera epidemic recorded in the last twenty years occurred in Zimbabwe in 2008, killing more than four thousand people. The cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe was due to sewer overflows during the rainy season. Cholera kills an average of 1.5 million children every year. Children are dying of dehydration, weakened immune systems and malnutrition (All Africa 1). 30% of all deaths and 8% of all developing diseases...... middle of paper ......014. http://www.eoearth.org/article/Freshwater_resources_in_Africa Web November 25, 2014.The Southwestern Company Inc. “Healthcare.” In Student Handbook-Dest Reference, by James Hughes, Judy Garlick, and Nancy Bliss, 191. Nashville: The Southwestern Company Inc., 2004.Williams, Sandra. Clean water campaign in Africa. May 10, 2007. http://anti-poverty-actuitism.suite101.com/article.cfm/campaian_for_clean_water_in_Africa Web November 25, 2014.Bailey, Eryn A. "Fixing Water Wells in Africa | WaterWideWeb.org."WaterWideWeb. org | Water issues. November 4, 2010. Web. November 15, 2011.html> Web November 25, 2014.Proby, Fred. “Healing the Broken Well Landscape.” http://www.lifewater.org. Network. 15 November 2011. . Web25 Nov. 2014.