Health Ministry defends water quality
Updated
RASamoa's Health Ministry and Water Authority have hit back at claims that the nation's water isn't safe to drink. The World Health Organisation released a statement saying not enough was being done to address the severity of typhoid in the nation and that the main hospital sees up to 12 suspected typhoid cases a day as a result. It says contaminated water caused by old water pipes which leak and allow the disease into the supply are the most probable cause. But both the Health Ministry and Water Authority say the claims are inflated and unproven.
Presenter: Megan Flamer
Speakers: Acting Chief Executive officer for Samoa's ministry of health, Professor Pele Natete Stowers; National project coordinator for communicable diseases for the World Health Organisation in Samoa, Dr Asaua Fa'asino; Managing director of the Samoa water authority, Tainau Titimaea.
