Water-related disease generic

Terms & Synonyms
Official WHO Definition
Other Definitions	The Protocol on Water and Health defines a water-related disease as, any significant adverse effect on human health, such as death, disability or disorder, caused directly or indirectly by the condition, or changes in the quantity or quality, of any waters. Water-related diseases comprise the following main types: a) diseases related to lack of access to safe drinking water, poor sanitation and insufficient hygiene or situations related to use of water likely to result in outbreaks or incidents of disease b) diseases related to exposure during recreational use of water like bathing c) diseases related to ingestion of food (plants or fish, shellfish) which has been exposed to contaminated water d) vector borne diseases associated with water, where water is the breeding site for disease vectors that play a key role in the spread of disease causing organisms e) non-communicable water associated health issues of which the effects of long terms exposure to inorganic chemicals that occur naturally in groundwater (like Arsenic) and exposure of chemicals from industrial and agriculture are most important.