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Monitoring the Sanitation Status of African Cities
02 Aug 10
A discussion workshop entitled “Monitoring the Sanitation Status of African Cities”, supported by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), was held at the University of Surrey (UK) on 29th June 2010, to discuss the accuracy of current estimates of sanitation status in African cities, and how monitoring procedures might be improved. Participants [...]
Sierra Leone, Freetown: photographer documents extreme sanitation conditions in Kroo Bay slum
30 Jul 10
He then asked me: you want to know the truth? We’re all suffering here in Kroo Bay. He began talking about the water issues again and showing me his arms with open sores, “you see these, they move at night” – he was talking about the worms in his body. Photographer Dominic Chavez spent a [...]
Sierra Leone: ADB plans to restore pipe borne water to provincial locations
29 Jul 10
As a sign of the APC-led Government’s vision to restore pipe borne water to Provincial locations all over Sierra Leone, a team of experts from the African Development Bank (ADB) and Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWACO) on Friday 23 July 2010 held talks with the Makeni City Council and Civil Society groups in that part [...]
Cholera outbreaks in Cameroon and Nigeria
27 Jul 10
Cholera cases have been reported from Zambia, Somalia, Mozambique and now from Cameroon, where cholera has killed 77 people in the northern part of the country since early June, the government said on Monday, raising concern that the worst epidemic since 2004 may spread into neighbouring Nigeria and Chad. Cameroon Health Minister Mama Fouda called [...]
Senegal: Access to water is transforming life in rural areas
27 Jul 10
Kalla Niang, 12, is highly self assured and energetic. She is busily preparing herself for high school, an opportunity that, until recently, would not have been available to her. She lives in the village of Darou Ngaraf in northern Senegal. Like many girls in rural Senegal, Kalla and her sisters are responsible for many daily [...]
Sierra Leone: CORD-SL and partners launched SSHE Programme in Koya Chiefdom
20 Jul 10
In an effort to maintain total sanitation through the SSHE programme in schools communities located in the rural areas, a Local Non Governmental Organization, CORD Sierra Leone in partnership with Goal Sierra Leone has launched the School Sanitation and Hygiene Education program (SSHE) Program targeting five primary schools in the Koya chiefdom Kenema district. The [...]
Ghana: Zain supplies Ateibu with potable water
20 Jul 10
Telecom giant, Zain Ghana, as part of its corporate social responsibility, has commissioned a community water project for the people of Ateibu community in the Suhum Craboa Coaltar District of the Eastern Region. The project, which was embarked upon by Zain under its Touching Lives TV reality show, is a direct response to the clarion [...]
Gambia: water supply, sanitation report validated
13 Jul 10
The Department of Water Resources, with funding from the African Development Bank (ADB) has prepared an assessment report on water supply and sanitation sectors of The Gambia. It identied successes and challenges in delivering sanitation and water supply services. The report is part of a continent-wide assessment requested by the African Ministerial Conference on Water [...]
Nigeria, Anambra: communities lament non-functional EU water scheme
13 Jul 10
Lamentations and complaints best described the moods of commuters in the 10 communities in five local government of Anambra state earmarked since 2007 for provision of potable water supply by the European Union/ Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Reform Programme (WSSSRP) water projects in Anambra state. The 10 communities marked out for provision of portable [...]
Ghana, Accra: quantitative microbial risk analysis to evaluate health effects of interventions in the urban water system
12 Jul 10
Labite, H. … [et al.] (2010). Quantitative microbial risk analysis to evaluate health effects of interventions in the urban water system of Accra, Ghana. Journal of water and health ; vol. 08, no. 3 ; p. 417–430. doi:10.2166/wh.2010.021 Abstract A quantitative microbial risk assessment was applied to evaluate the microbial risks of the Accra Urban [...]
