1 The portion of the brain that maintains the bodyâs internal balance (homeostasis). 2  The hypothalamus is the link between the endocrine and nervous systems. 3  The hypothalamus produces releasing and inhibiting hormones, which stop and start the production of other hormones throughout the body.he hypothalamus is highly involved in pituitary gland function. When it receives a signal from the nervous system, the hypothalamus secretes substances known as neurohormones that start and stop the secretion of pituitary hormones.
According to the World Health Organization and other international bodies: About 4,000 children die each day due to sickness stemming from unclean water and the inability to practice proper hygiene. Approximately 2 to 5 million people per year die due to diarrheal diseases contracted by ingesting contaminated water. Around 300,000 people die from infections based on mere contact with unclean water. Billions of work hours per year are lost in Africa while people travel far to try and collect cleaner drinking water.
Targets by 2015: To reduce child mortality by two-thirds, from 93 children of every 1,000 dying before age five in 1990 to 31 of every 1,000 in 2015. Child survival lies at the heart of everything UNICEF does. About 29,000 children under the age of five â 21 each minute â die every day, mainly from preventable causes. More than 70 per cent of almost 11 million child deaths every year are attributable to six causes: diarrhoea, malaria, neonatal infection, pneumonia, preterm delivery, or lack of oxygen at birth.