{"id":6911,"date":"2012-07-31T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blitransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=6911"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:18:49","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:18:49","slug":"kiribati-struggles-with-high-child-mortality-rate-lack-of-fresh-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/07\/31\/kiribati-struggles-with-high-child-mortality-rate-lack-of-fresh-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiribati Struggles with High Child Mortality Rate, Lack of Fresh Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingidea.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Kiribati.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6912\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/07\/31\/kiribati-struggles-with-high-child-mortality-rate-lack-of-fresh-water\/kiribati\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Kiribati.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,334\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kiribati\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Kiribati&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Kiribati-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Kiribati.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6912\" title=\"Kiribati\" src=\"http:\/\/bluelivingidea.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Kiribati.jpg\" alt=\"Kiribati\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Kiribati.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Kiribati-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tiny Pacific island nation of Kiribati is struggling with a high child mortality rate, due largely to a lack of access to fresh water.<\/p>\n<p>Kiribati is comprised of 32 coral atolls spanning 1.3 million square miles in the Pacific.\u00a0 The atolls themselves are small and low-lying and much of the islands have already been overtaken by <a title=\"Kiribati Is Gone\" href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/03\/08\/kiribati-is-gone\/\">rising sea level<\/a>.\u00a0 The sea has contaminated several groundwater sources, making them undrinkable.<\/p>\n<p>Combine the lack of available fresh water and inadequate sanitation and disease spreads easily.\u00a0 Children are the hardest hit.\u00a0 Kiritbati&#8217;s child mortality rate is twice that of neighboring nations.<\/p>\n<p>Precipitation on Kiribati is highly variable, with some years experiencing severe droughts.\u00a0 The average annual precipitation is about 100 inches.\u00a0 Some possible solutions include rainwater harvesting and desalination plants.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Kiribati\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/cat.mhtml?lang=en&amp;search_source=search_form&amp;version=llv1&amp;anyorall=all&amp;safesearch=1&amp;searchterm=kiribati&amp;photos=on&amp;search_group=&amp;horizontal=on&amp;orient=&amp;search_cat=&amp;searchtermx=&amp;photographer_name=&amp;people_gender=&amp;people_age=&amp;people_ethnicity=&amp;people_number=&amp;commercial_ok=&amp;color=&amp;show_color_wheel=1&amp;secondary_submit=Search#id=1089610&amp;src=b264b226f644f6faaec5e27ce08bd9fe-1-26\" target=\"_blank\">Kiribati<\/a> photo via Shutterstock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tiny Pacific island nation of Kiribati is struggling with a high child mortality rate, due largely to a lack of access to fresh 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