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Drinking Water Crisis  More than one billion people in the world do not have access to safe drinking water - i.e. around 1/6th of the world's population.   (Source: Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council)  The average distance that women in Africa and Asia walk to collect water is 6 km.    (Source: Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council)  The average weight of water that women in Africa and Asia carry on their heads can be anything up to 20kg - the equivalent of     your airport luggage allowance.    (Source: Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council)  Diarrhoea kills over 1.8 million people per year and chronic diarrhoea is a leading killer of people with AIDS.   (Source: World Health Organization)  In Africa, diarrhoea is four times more common among children with HIV and seven times more common among adults with HIV    than their HIV-negative household members.   (Source: Mermin J, et al.)  Diarrhoea affects up to 90% of HIV patients.     (Source: Bartlett JG, et al.)  Diarrhoea is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among HIV-infected children.    (Source: PEPFAR)  "In a study among HIV-infected persons in Uganda, use of safe water decreased diarrhoeal illness by 36 percent".    (The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief)