Golden Water
The Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) call for a reduction of the proportion of people without sustainable
access to safe drinking water by half between 1990 and 2015. Yet, an estimated
884 million people in the world, 37% of whom live in Sub-Saharan Africa, still
use unimproved sources of drinking water1.
Lack of access to safe drinking
water contributes to the staggering burden of diarrhoeal diseases worldwide,
particularly affecting the young, the immunocompromised and the poor. Nearly
one in five child deaths – about 1.5 million each year – is due to diarrhoea.
Diarrhoea kills more young children than AIDS, malaria and measles combined2.
Drinking contaminated water also leads to reduced personal productive time, with
widespread economic effects.
Approximately 43% of the global
population, especially the lower-income populace in the remote and rural parts
of the developing world, is deprived of household safe piped water. Thus, there
is a pressing need for effective and affordable options for obtaining safe
drinking water.
Golden Water is the most safe and
affordable bottled mineral water in Cameroon. 0.5l is sold at 100FCFA, same
quantity its competitors sell at 250FCFA. Each time you drink Golden Water, you
safe 150FCF. Everyone deserve safe drinking water!
References
a. Vestergaard Frandsen: http://www.carbonforwater.com/
b. Clasen, T.
et al. 2006. Interventions to improve water
quality for preventing diarrhoea (Review). The Cochrane
WHO and UNICEF. 2008. Joint
Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation
c. UNICEF and WHO. 2009. Diarrhoea:
Why children are still dying and what can be done
d. Wright, J. et al. 2003.
Household drinking water in developing countries: a systematic review of
microbiological contamination between source and point-of-use. Trop Med Int
Health 9: 106 – 117
e. Ghislaine, R and Clasen, T. 2010.
Estimating the Scope of Household Water Treatment in Low- and Medium-Income
Countries. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 82(2), pp. 289–300
f. Fewtrell, L.
et al. 2005. Water, sanitation, and hygiene
interventions to reduce diarrhea in less developed countries: a systematic
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