The best way to reduce the rate is to improve people’s health. In recent generations, drinking water has become commonplace in all but the poorest countries. However, even in middle income countries such as Brazil, people in rural areas depend on a which provides water that is not filtered. Unfiltered water can lead to many infections such as . This is a potentially infection. In addition, people all over the world who live in hastily built towns rarely have access to filtered drinking water. This places their health, especially that of their , at risk.