Water: Dirty Water 20 Times Deadlier to Children in Conflict Zones Than Bullets – Unicef

Mar 22, 2019 | Kate Hodal, Guardian
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Children under five who live in conflict zones are 20 times more likely to die from diarrhoeal diseases linked to unsafe water than from direct violence as a result of war, Unicef has found. Analysing mortality data from 16 countries beset by long-term conflict – including Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Yemen – the UN children’s agency also found that unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene kills nearly three times more children under 15 than war.