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KnowledgeHubs: new Asia-Pacific network launched to tackle water problems
08 Jul 08
Twelve centres of excellence from across the Asia-Pacific region have launched a network known as “KnowledgeHubs” to share solutions for improving water management to tackle the region’s many pressing water challenges.
Nepal: towards disabled-friendly water solutions
10 Jun 08
Traditional coverage of access to basic amenities like water and sanitation has inadvertently excluded the needs of the disabled. Discussions of inclusion often regard women, children and other disadvantaged groups while overlooking the needs of disabled or differently-abled persons. WaterAid Nepal (WAN) outlines the problems faced by the disabled in the country in accessing water and sanitation (WASH) services in a new discussion paper.
Indonesia: diarrhoea takes deadly toll on toddlers consuming infant formula
10 Jun 08
Infants are suffering serious bouts of diarrhoea, and in some cases dying, from infant formula provided in emergency situations, according to a coalition of international aid groups and government agencies that is calling for the promotion of breast-feeding. During emergencies clean water and opportunities to clean feeding bottles are often lacking,
Bangladesh: UK government lobbies for ‘disastrous’ mine scheme
10 Jun 08
An open-cast coal mine in Phulbari, Bangladesh, proposed by Global Coal Management (GCM), will displace more than 40,000 people and furthermore threaten the water supplies, food security and livelihoods of another 100,000 locals, according to the UK activist group World Development Movement.
Viet Nam: few wash dirty hands
22 Apr 08
The practice of hand-washing with soap in Viet Nam’s rural areas is not common, a conference heard last week.
Bangladesh: Muhammad Yunus teams up with Veolia Water
22 Apr 08
Muhammad Yunus unveiled a deal between his pioneering Grameen Bank and French multinational Veolia Water to provide clean water to poor rural communities in Bangladesh. The Bangladeshi economist also sought support from President Nicolas Sarkozy for creating more microcredit schemes to fight poverty, particularly in Africa.
India: USAID and UNICEF disseminate best practices from successful school sanitation programme
22 Apr 08
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) celebrated the success of their five-year partnership to enhance environment safety and hygiene conditions in thousands of schools across Jharkhand and Karnataka.
Nepal: poor hygiene and sanitation causing US$ 150 million losses annually
19 Mar 08
Poor hygiene and sanitation is causing Nepal more than US$ 150 million per year losses in terms of health costs, loss of economic productivity and the adverse effect on tourism. This striking figure is published by the Steering Committee for National Sanitation Action in its Country plan for the International Year of Sanitation 2008.
India: Gramalaya WWD event in Tamil Nadu focuses on sanitation and women
19 Mar 08
Gramalaya, the rural development NGO in Tamil Nadu, India, is one of the few organisations that is focusing its World Water Day event on 22 March 2008 on the sanitation theme.
Nepal: changed Melamchi Water Supply Project set to proceed
19 Feb 08
The delayed Melamchi Water Supply Project in Nepal that includes tunneling 26 kilometres through a mountain to ease chronic water shortages in Kathmandu looks set to proceed, after the Asian Development Bank (ADB) agreed to new terms for the project.
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