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Tanzania: Race for Water Charity Attracts 2,000
13 Apr 10
About 2,000 city dwellers have so far registered for the charity race dubbed ‘The Dow Live Earth Run for Water’ due to take place next Sunday as part of the worldwide water initiative to help combat the global water crisis.At least 50 other cities across the world will stage similar event, which will also feature [...]
Sudan: a war is waged to eradicate the ‘fiery serpent’
09 Apr 10
Guinea worm can paralyze humans, sicken villages and cripple economiesDisease has existed since ancient Egyptian times and is on verge of eradicationIf eradicated, would be second disease to be wiped out, after smallpoxSouthern Sudan is last stronghold of disease with 85 percent of world’s 3,000 cases(CNN) — It started as an [...]
Somalia: New Taskforce To Check AWD In Somaliland
08 Apr 10
UN agencies and health authorities in Somalia’s self-declared republic of Somaliland have set up a taskforce to check the spread of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD), which has broken out in several regions, killing several children and infecting hundreds of people.In a statement on 31 March, Health Minister Ahmed Hassan Ali said members of the taskforce [...]
Uganda: When an Entire Village Lives On One Borehole
08 Apr 10
A round wattle hut painted black at the bottom and gray at the top stands 200 metres ahead. As one gets nearer, four circular unbaked brick but grass thatched huts emerge. A young woman in her late teens is baby-sitting one yard from the kitchen door. Chicken and children are roaming [...]
Uganda: Water Costs Higher in Kampala Slums
08 Apr 10
Water in Kampala’s slums costs three times more than it does in the planned areas such as Kololo and Nakasero, according to a report of Kampala Integrated Environmental Planning Management Project (KIEMP).KIEMP, which is addressing public health-environmental and housing concerns in Kampala’s unplanned settlements, is funded by the Belgium Technical [...]
Kenya: Girl Dies in New Cholera Outbreak
07 Apr 10
Cholera killed a seven-year-old girl on Tuesday at the Likoni district hospital. Five other people have been admitted to hospital as the disease continues to stalk parts of Coast Province.The latest cholera outbreak has been recorded in Likoni District and comes two weeks after the disease left 10 people dead. More than [...]
Kenya: High Investment Costs Put Off Investors
07 Apr 10
Nairobi — The huge investment required to rehabilitate sewerage management infrastructure in the coast region may not come as soon as hoped, unless private investors venture into the sector, say experts.They say that the low capacity in the country to convert waste into an economic gain has made financiers shy away from [...]
Uganda: Without Planning, Urban Areas Wallow in Filth and Disease
07 Apr 10
Urban living can be bad for your health — at least in Uganda. To mark World Health Day tomorrow, whose theme this year is urbanisation and health, the Daily Monitor will run a two-part series, beginning with this story, on the many dire health consequences of the country’s failure to plan [...]
Kenya: plan to halve infant diarrhoea prevalence
02 Apr 10
Kenya has set its sights on halving the prevalence of infant diarrhoeal disease – which kills dozens of children daily – within five years, using new treatments and by boosting preventive measures.Every Kenyan child under five has an average of three episodes of diarrhoea annually, according to the 2008 Demographic and Health Survey.“With 86 children [...]
Ethiopia: World Bank provides US$ 80 million to improve access to safe and sustainable water and sanitation services
01 Apr 10
The World Bank has approved an additional credit of US$80 million for the Water Supply and Sanitation Project (WSSP) in Ethiopia, which has been implemented since November 2004. The objective of the original project, which remains unchanged, is increased access to sustainable water supply and sanitation services, for rural and urban users, through improved [...]
