Mozambique Population Access to Water and Implications

Water is a very important resource that people use daily in domestic, agricultural, and industrial activities. The scarcity of water in Mozambique has significant social implications because 50% of people in rural areas walk for more than 30 minutes in search of water, while about 5% of them access piped water. One of the major social implications is that people would migrate from rural to urban areas or from places that have scarce water to places where water is plenty so that they can access water. Hellandendu argues that water determines socio-economic development and thus influences the distribution of population because people need water for domestic, agricultural, and industrial activities. In this view, the inaccessibility of water in rural areas of Mozambique would cause massive migration of people in search of water. Consequently, the migration of people would cause congestions in areas that have plenty of water.

The establishment of learning institutions is dependent on the availability of water, as they require water for hygiene and sanitation purposes. Moreover, students require water to maintain their hygiene and sanitation conditions so that they can improve their health status. Poor conditions of hygiene and sanitation usually predispose people to diseases such as cholera, dysentery, and typhoid, amongst other waterborne diseases. According to Cairncross et al., 85% of diarrheal diseases are waterborne diseases, which occur due to the contamination of quality water. Scarcity of water in schools leads to poor hygiene among students as they would not practice hand washing techniques; hence, predisposing them to diarrheal diseases. This means that scarcity of water has serious health effects on the population because it enhances the spread of infectious diseases. Therefore, Mozambique should promote accessibility of water for it to improve the social, educational, and health conditions of the population.

The establishment of learning institutions is dependent on the availability of water, as they require water for hygiene and sanitation purposes. Moreover, students require water to maintain their hygiene and sanitation conditions so that they can improve their health status. Poor conditions of hygiene and sanitation usually predispose people to diseases such as cholera, dysentery, and typhoid, amongst other waterborne diseases. According to Cairncross et al., 85% of diarrheal diseases are waterborne diseases, which occur due to the contamination of quality water. Scarcity of water in schools leads to poor hygiene among students as they would not practice hand washing techniques; hence, predisposing them to diarrheal diseases. This means that scarcity of water has serious health effects on the population because it enhances the spread of infectious diseases. Therefore, Mozambique should promote accessibility of water for it to improve the social, educational, and health conditions of the population.