Research



Urban health: severe disparities to increase with climate change

21 Feb 08

Poor people in cities suffer more than their fair share of environmental burdens, from the effects of climate change to persistent local health problems due to poor water supplies, sanitation and housing.

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Emergencies: global review of water and sanitation in refugee camps

18 Jan 08

The first global overview of basic water and sanitation indicators in refugee camps is presented (using data from 2003–2006) and compared with selected health and nutrition indicators.

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Economics: cost effectiveness, cost-benefit studies

18 Jan 08

Three studies on cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis have been published in the latest issue of the Journal of Water and Health.

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Ecosan: urine fertiliser yields bigger cabbages in Finland

10 Dec 07

Researchers from Finland report that urine treatment yielded cabbages that were bigger than those treated with industrial fertiliser and or none at all. The use of human urine also did not pose any significant hygienic threats or leave any distinctive flavour in food products (sauerkraut).

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HIV/AIDS: a pilot assessment of water, sanitation, hygiene and home-based care services in South Africa

10 Dec 07

A short-term assessment indicated shortcomings in the provision of water, sanitation, hygiene and home-based care services to people affected and living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa.

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Local governance: new research programme on water conflicts and cooperation in rural areas

07 Nov 07

The Danish Institute for International Studies is coordinating a new research programme on Conflict and Cooperation in Local Water Governance. It will focus on what the consequences are for the poor of increased water competition in the rural areas of developing countries.

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Schistosomiasis control: community diagnosis and intervention in Nigeria

07 Nov 07

In Ibadan, capital of Oyo State in southwestern Nigeria schistosomiasis infection has been reported among children and adolescents in six Local Government Areas. Students of Advanced Diploma in Health Education (ADHE) of the Department of Health Promotion and Education, during a community diagnosis exercise among primary schools in two communities in Ibadan, met with this problem.

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Child survival: housing, safe water and sanitation critical factors in urban Bangladesh

07 Nov 07

A recent study on rural-urban migration and child survival in urban Bangladesh shows that housing conditions and access to safe drinking water and hygienic toilet facilities are the most critical determinants of child survival in urban areas, even after controlling for migration status.

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Avian flu: chlorination inactivates virus strain, says US study

02 Oct 07

A sub-type (H5N1) of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus is “readily inactivated” by chlorination of drinking water, according to a new study.

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Willingness to pay: estimating value of rural water demand for domestic use in South Africa

07 Sep 07

This paper applies the travel cost method (TCM) to estimate the value that rural households in the Steelpoort sub-basin of South Africa place on river and collective tap water.

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