Abstract Water is the cornerstone of public health. Yet many people living in Africa's cities face serious challenges obtaining an adequate supply of clean water. This situation, which poses significant public health concerns, promises only to grow in magnitude in the coming years as rapid urbanization and climate change meet head-on to further constrain urban water provision. This essay explores the relationship between water supply and health in urban Africa through the lens of water scarcity and health as political relationships as much as environmental or technical phenomena. By bringing infectious diseases like cholera and chronic ailments like kidney disease into the same frame of analysis, this essay also directs attention beyond the overwhelming public health focus on microbial contamination to emergent forms of water-related illness and injury that proceed unchecked.

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非洲城市的水资源短缺与健康

摘要 水是公共卫生的基石。然而，许多生活在非洲城市的人在获得充足的清洁水供应方面面临着严峻挑战。这种情况引起了重大的公共卫生问题，随着快速的城市化和气候变化正面交锋，进一步限制了城市供水，这种情况有望在未来几年内进一步扩大。本文通过水资源短缺和健康作为政治关系以及环境或技术现象的视角，探讨了非洲城市供水与健康之间的关系。通过将霍乱等传染病和肾病等慢性疾病纳入同一分析框架，