The model that many have in mind is Lebanon, where by the early 1990's civil war had left the country with little electric power, few functioning sanitation facilities, a profoundly unreliable phone system and a downtown in Beirut filled with smashed buildings.
"It is vitally important that the water and sanitation services begin functioning normally again, as disease spreads easily to children, and in Grenada right now, diet is poor, so the children are really at risk," said Gough.
The large population, sanitation issues, absence of functioning antibiotic policy, and inadequate infection control facilities in many hospitals make the region an epicentre of the spread of multi-drug-resistant micro-organisms, such as CRE's.
Clinics that a few years ago lacked basic sanitation and supplies, now are functioning well and helping thousands of people live a better life.
At least half of the water and sanitation infrastructure is no longer functioning.
The great majority of patients are from rural forested tribal areas often lacking in basic water or sanitation services or access to functioning healthcare facilities.
They need functioning health care, sanitation and hygiene, safe water, and healthy food supply, and are critically dependent on their social care and support networks.
In health facilities, physical capital refers to buildings, transport, electricity, water and sanitation constituting the basis of a functioning infrastructure, and to drugs and supplies as production equipment necessary for the provision of effective health care.
Somalia's politicians have been too busy squabbling with one another to build institutions like a functioning health ministry or a sanitation department that would help drought victims.
The analysis in this paper was based on the assumption that both the SB and FSM systems are functioning, providing access to "improved" sanitation, and protecting human and environmental health.
