飞机?
汽车?
电脑?
Iphone?
抗生素?
如果你的答案都是那些很先进的东西,我的答案会让你很意外:厕所马桶 Flush toilets。没有它,再先进的文明也只是肮脏的文明。
也许你不知道: 卫生设施Sanitation被British Medical Journals评选为150年来最大的医药突破,比antibiotic或anesthetic还重要。 (http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2007/jan/19/health.medicineandhealth3)
也许你不知道:在2008年,全球超过26亿人没有机会用到厕所或其他完善的卫生设施,有超过11亿人被逼露天排粪。
A site of open defecation in Dhaka, Bangladesh ( Bangladesh的一个露天排粪地) |
MLP essay的题目三个选择中,决定选写关于Sanitation。
该module给的其中几个stimulus reading:
Unicef
and World Health Organisation (2012), Progress
on Drinking Water and Sanitation: 2012 Update. Unicef and WHO, 2012. Available from: http://www.unicef.org/media/files/JMPreport2012.pdf Date Accessed 31.03.2012
Garrett,
John et al (2011)
Off-track, off-target: Why
investment in water, sanitation and hygiene is not reaching those who need it
most. Wateraid Policy Report (2011)
Executive Summary, pp. 5-8.
Available from: http://www.wateraid.org/documents/plugin_documents/offtrack_offtarget.pdf Date Accessed: 31.03.2012
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