Diseases spread by unclean drinking water kill more people each year than malaria and HIV/AIDS combined. Experts estimate that more than five thousand children die every day in Africa from diseases spread by contaminated drinking water. In 2013, more than thirty-four thousand people died from diarrhea-related illnesses transmitted by dirty water (CBS 1). Dysentery, one of many illnesses that can come from dirty water, is a disorder of the small intestine. Some common symptoms of dysentery include: bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramps, fever, and rectal discomfort. Dysentery is usually spread through personal contact and contaminated food and water. Dysentery can quickly develop immunity to antibiotics that can be prescribed to get rid of the disease. The only ways to prevent dysentery are to improve good individual, household and environmental sanitation. Improvements in sanitation can be made by washing hands with soap and drinking clean water (Cyber ​​1). Another major disease caused by drinking contaminated water and poor sanitation habits is cholera. Cholera is a disease of the small intestine. Common symptoms of cholera are: dry mouth, dry skin, lethargy, dehydration, rapid heartbeat, sunken eyes, severe diarrhea, and unusual fatigue (AAHC 1). The largest cholera outbreak recorded in the last twenty years occurred in Zimbabwe in 2008, killing more than four thousand people. The cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe was caused by overflowing sewers during the rainy season. Cholera kills an average of 1.5 million children each year. Children are dying from dehydration, weakened immune systems and malnutrition (All Africa 1). Thirty percent of all deaths and eight percent of all diseases in developing countries...... middle of paper ......014. http://www.eoearth.org/article/Freshwater_resources_in_Africa Web November 25, 2014. The Southwestern Company Inc. “Health Care.” In Student Handbook-Dest Reference, by James Hughes, Judy Garlick, and Nancy Bliss, 191. Nashville: The Southwestern Company Inc., 2004. Williams, Sandra. Campaign for Clean Water in Africa. May 10, 2007. http://anti-poverty-actuitism.suite101.com/article.cfm/campaian_for_clean_water_in_Africa Web November 25, 2014. Bailey, Eryn A. "Fixing Africa's Water Wells | WaterWideWeb.org."WaterWideWeb. org | Water matters. November 4, 2010. The web. Nov 15, 2011.html> Web Nov 25, 2014.Proby, Fred. “Healing the Landscape of Broken Wells.” http://www.lifewater.org. Internet. November 15, 2011. . Web November 25. 2014.