Many complained of diarrhea from the unclean water and meager food provided by the rebels.
By early December stocks of water-purification chemicals had run out, causing many people to rely on unclean water.
But a few rooms survived, allowing the primary care hospital to provide basic services like delivering babies and treating diarrhea caused by unclean water, said Dr. Jessamine Elona, 33.
Because malnutrition has several causes – poor diet, unclean water, poor sanitation, illness and poor childcare – effective co-ordination between national ministries and civil society is essential, said the FAO.
In many places, he focussed on issues of conservation and the health consequences of unclean water, but he also shot images of daily life and ritual along the Ganges and the Nile.
The mosquitoes that carry the West Nile virus "tend to breed in relatively unclean water," said Frank H. Collins, a biologist and mosquito expert at the University of Notre Dame.
The World Health Organization says that indoor air pollution caused by such cooking methods is the fourth greatest health risk factor in developing countries, after unclean water and sanitation, unsafe sex and undernourishment.
There are many means by which raw food may be contaminated, including irrigating or washing with unclean water, contamination of meat and poultry with fecal matter during the slaughtering and packaging processes, preparation by food handlers who carry bacteria or viruses on their hands, or using utensils and preparation surfaces that are not clean.
Factors that can raise the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV through breast milk include the mother's desire to avoid health risks associated with feeding infants formula mixed with unclean water, which is especially problematic in less-developed countries.
The more than 40 men the AP interviewed on Benjina said they were brought to Indonesia from Thailand and put on trawlers with Thai captains who forced them to drink unclean water and work 20- to 22-hour shifts with no days off.
He stated: "We need to declare war on environmental pollution, on unclean water and dirty air".
