LATIN AMERICA: Kids Pay Dearly for Lack of Clean Water

16th Nov 2006, 21:50 GMT

MEXICO CITY, Nov 16 (Tierramérica) - In Latin America and the Caribbean, one-third of childhood deaths are the result of diarrhoea. The problem could be resolved with clean water and appropriate sanitation systems, but millions of people, especially the indigenous and Afro-descendant populations, lack access to either.