Contaminated water and poor sanitation are linked to transmission of diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, hepatitis A, typhoid, and polio. Absent, inadequate, or inappropriately managed water and sanitation services expose individuals to preventable health risks.
In the 1960s, most of Zambia’s main towns were supplied with piped, portable water. Due to the rapid urbanisation of the country, the Government instigated four projects for the expansion of water in the towns of Lusaka, Fort Jameson, Kitwe and Monze. A survey was also conducted in the Bartose Province to survey water resources.
The Government estimated over £2 million for capital expenditure including improving water supplies.
Details
- Designer: Victor Whiteley (based on designs by Professor King)
- Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd
- Process: Lithography
- Paper:
- Watermark: None
- Perf: 13.5 x 12 (comb)
- Cylinders: Printed in panes of two and divided by a vertical gutter.
- 1 (Dark Brown) 1 (Magenta) 1 (Cyan) 1 (Olive) : 1a (Dark Brown) 1a (Magenta) 1a (Cyan) 1a (Olive) [left : right]
- 1b (Dark Brown) 1b (Magenta) 1b (Cyan) 1b (Olive) : 1c (Dark Brown) 1c (Magenta) 1c (Cyan) 1c (Olive) [left : right]
- Sheet: R5 x 5 (25 stamps)
- Quantity:
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References
- Overseas Business Reports Volume 67, Issue 99 (1967)
- World Health Organisation: Clean Water