Access to a reliable, safe water supply is a human right. Unsafe, contaminated water transmits numerous diseases. Improving access to water enables and encourages hygiene practices such as washing, food hygiene, laundry, and general household hygiene that prevent diarrhoeal and other diseases. Storing water in covered containers in the home, and treating water where necessary, also protects against such diseases.

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