The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #51511

Ellen R Shaffer, PhD, UCSF, 98 Seal Rock Drive, San Francisco, CA 94121, 415-933-6204, ershaffer@earthlink.net

Unsafe drinking water causes significant disease and mortality in developing and developed nations. International lending agencies increasingly encourage privatization of water systems as a condition of aid, an alternative decisively rejected in Bolivia. Views from Ghana, including civil society, government, and the private sector will be presented, based on resesarch and a fact-finding mission.

Learning Objectives:

• Unsafe drinking water causes significant disease and mortality in developing and developed nations. International lending agencies increasingly encourage privatization of water systems as a condition of aid, an alternative decisively rejected in Bolivia. Views from Ghana, including civil society, government, and the private sector will be presented, based on research and a fact-finding mission.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.