1 Everyone Deserves Clean Water Greg Allgood MSPH

1 Everyone Deserves Clean Water Greg Allgood, MSPH, Ph. D Procter & Gamble

Does Everyone Have Clean Water? • • • One billion people do not have safe drinking water so we need a variety of complementary solutions 4, 000 children die every day from water-borne disease – more than HIV/AIDS and malaria combined WHO and UNICEF have stated household water treatment could save a huge number of lives - www. who. int/household_water

P&G and CDC Engineers and Scientists Teamed Up Spending time with people in Guatemala identified their unmet need an engineering challenge • • Consumers desired visual signal that water is being cleaned Technical need for improved effectiveness in highly turbid waters

PUR Purifier of Water • • Reverse engineered current municipal treatment process Small sachet to treat 10 liters of water using coagulation, flocculation and disinfection Uses same ingredients used in municipal water treatment - Calcium Hypochlorite as Disinfectant - Ferric Sulfate as Coagulant Provides way for people in remote villages to have quality water

Kenyan Drinking Water Samples Turbidity (NTU) 1850 55 37 1

Laboratory and Field Testing PUR is: Effective in killing bacteria (>99. 99999%) and viruses (>99. 99%) that cause typhoid, cholera, and hepatitis Effective in removing chlorine resistant parasites like Giardia and Cryptosporidium (>99. 9%) Effective reduction in heavy metals (e. g. arsenic and lead), organics, and pesticides

Health Intervention Studies Five Studies, More than 25, 000 People showed Average Diarrhea Reduction of 50% Diarrhea Reduction o Guatemala (2 Studies, Rural) o Kenya (Turbid water) o Pakistan (Urban) o Liberia (Refugee camp) Arsenic Removal

P&G Provides PUR on Sustainable, Not-for-Profit Basis • Established CSDW as not-for-profit effort in 2004 after commercial attempt • Focal program of corporate philanthropy effort called Live, Learn and Thrive® • Committed to long-term supply at cost and tripling capacity • Provide sustained efforts in developing countries and emergency relief including Haiti

PUR Helps People with HIV/AIDS Discovered role of PUR for people with HIV/AIDS by spending time in field and meeting Jemima Odo Dramatic impact on health by removal of pathogens from water including chlorine resistant parasites Now hundreds of thousands of people living with AIDS benefitting

PUR’s Global Reach

Impact • • • 190 million sachets distributed 1. 9 billion liters of water provided 80 million days of diarrhea averted More than 10, 000 lives saved More than 70 partnerships Committed to 4 billion liters by 2012

What’s Next • • • Lobbying for Congressional support of household water treatment via Paul Simon Water for World Act Build support and donations by driving awareness – – Summit on Summit: Kilimanjaro Haiti SOS Benefit Concert Cover Girl Clean Make-up for Clean Water PUR Water Filtration Brand = 10 liters – Brand. Saver donations on March 7 1 day 1 purchase 1 coupon = Future Vision of Saving a Life an Hour, 24/7, with PUR packets

References Allgood G. Safe drinking water for the most vulnerable. International Nursing Review: Official Journal of the International Council of Nurses. 56: 273 -275. ISSN 00208132. Combating Waterborne Illness at the Household Level, World Health Organization ISBN 978 92 4 159522 3. Clasen T, Roberts I, Rabie T, Schmidt W, Cairncross S. Interventions to improve water quality for preventing diarrhoea. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2006, Issue 3. Art. No. : CD 004794. DOI: 10. 1002/14651858. CD 004794. pub 2. Diarrhoea: Why children are still dying and what can be done. World Health Organization and UNICEF. ISBN 978 -92 -806 -4462 -3 Sobsey, MD Managing water in the home: accelerating health gains from improved water supply. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2002. Available at http: //www. who. int/water_sanitation_health/ dwq/wsh 0207/en/index. html allgood. gs@pg. com www. csdw. org @Dr. Greg. Allgood