One theme that many participants raised is the need to expand access to safe and affordable housing.
Nearly 1 billion people lack access to safe water, and 2.5 billion do not have improved sanitation.
Currently, nearly one billion people lack access to safe water and 2.5 billion do not have improved sanitation.
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But, for the 884 million people worldwide who have inadequate access to safe drinking water, chances are that nothing would happen.
Safety goes beyond crime and includes traffic accidents or access to safe transportation choices like waking, biking, or intercity bus operators.
This is a worrying statistic as it will leave many of the 783 million without access to safe water on the sidelines.
"The approval of Velcade illustrates FDA's commitment to providing patients with access to safe and effective drugs as quickly as possible, " he said.
It will benefit patients by facilitating efficient, transparent, and comprehensive drug reviews that will result in timely access to safe and valuable new medicines.
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Nearly 1 billion people suffer needlessly without access to safe water.
Supporters of abortion rights have condemned the alleged practices at Dr. Gosnell's clinic and say the case shows the need for women's access to safe abortion practices.
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More public education is needed on the huge cost that lack of access to safe water is having on health, education and economic development in many nations.
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In spite of this, there have been successes, particularly those with quantitative targets such as universal primary education (MDG 2) and access to safe drinking water (MDG 7).
Access to safe and affordable pharmaceuticals should be a natural right for all Americans and denying it would be unacceptable, unethical, and a threat to the public health.
Exactly one year later, we broke ground on a water and sanitation project in a small rural community called Joezohn with no access to safe drinking water or sanitation facilities.
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The project is envisioned as a catalyst to ensure financial support and to engage people and organizations in efforts to provide West African communities with sustainable access to safe water.
Janin highlights isolated communities in Africa and South America as well as remote islands in Asia that have little or no access to safe drinking water as potential beneficiaries of the technology.
They are tied to greater needs such as the need for a global drug patent database to facilitate access to safe, cheap generic drugs that would help to undercut the black market.
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In a prepared statement, company President Bruce Hough said that the decision was about protecting the public's access to safe dietary supplements, which, under the law, are treated as food, not drugs.
Iraq is currently facing severe water shortages across most parts of the country, with over 7.6 million Iraqis lacking access to safe drinking water, and an agriculture sector suffering from years of drought.
The Health and Social Care Board says it is committed to ensuring that all patients get timely access to safe and high quality care and that services are delivered in the most cost effective way possible.
Since data from some homes showed elevated contaminant levels and several residents expressed concern, EPA determined that well sampling was necessary to gather additional data and evaluate whether those residents had access to safe drinking water.
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One of the most frequently forgotten dimensions of the water crisis is the fact that 900 million people in the world do not have access to safe drinking water and 2.6 billion people do not have basic sanitation.
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Experts warn that restricted access does not decrease the abortion rate but drives the procedure underground, creating a black market that threatens maternal health and more adversely affects poorer women who do not have access to safe abortions abroad.
It is most disturbing that in the eyes of some who comment on this topic in the media, a tone is taken that gives the appearance that these people do not deserve access to safe and effective FDA approved medications.
Improving water resource management, increasing access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation and promoting hygiene can improve the quality of life of billions of individuals, as well as reduce child mortality, improve maternal health and cut the incidence of waterborne diseases.
Cholera thrives in areas without clean water and proper sanitation, and the United Nations has said 6 million people in Zimbabwe -- more than half the population -- have limited or no access to safe water and sanitation in rural and urban areas.
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Those results echo another study released in July: The European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines found that 62% of drugs sold online were fake or substandard and that 96% of the sites operated illegally, displaying fake certifications or distributing prescription drugs without a prescription.
The conversation is always water is a human right and should be given to everyone free, or water is a scarce commodity and should be fully privatized, when, in truth, we have a world in which 1.3 billion people have no access to safe drinking water.
Through its Water for Life Decade (2005-2015), the United Nations is working to meet the Millennium Development Goals to reduce by half the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water by 2015 and to put a stop to the unsustainable exploitation of water resources.
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