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Malawi/Tanzania : US partnership to bring clean water to 30 schools
21 Jun 11
The Water and Sanitation Rotarian Action Group (WASRAG) announced a partnership to bring 5 million g
64th World Health Assembly approves three WASH resolutions
21 Jun 11
The 64th World Health Assembly (WHA) has adopted a resolution on drinking-water, sanitation and heal
India: inadequate sanitation costs the equivalent of 6.4 percent of GDP
21 Dec 10
Inadequate sanitation costs India US$ 53.8 billion, which is equivalent to 6.4 percent of India’s GD
PLoS Medicine publishes four-part series on water and sanitation
08 Dec 10
In November 2010, PLoS Medicine, a peer-reviewed open-access journal, published a four-part series o
WASHCost reveals higher capital costs for sanitation than water, and high expenditure on soap
30 Nov 10
Most sanitation costs in rural and peri-urban areas are borne by households and when these are taken
Robert Crane, biochemist who created oral rehydration therapy (ORT), dies
29 Nov 10
Dr. Robert Crane in 2009 Dr. Robert Kellogg Crane, a biochemist whose discoveries about how salt and
UK: local handwashing campaign may go nationwide
29 Nov 10
A local hand washing campaign that attracted national and international attention, could be rolled o
East Africa Practitioners Workshop on Pro poor Urban Sanitation and Hygiene, Kigali, Rwanda, end February 2011 [date to be confirmed]
29 Nov 10
This three-day workshop aims to identify proven good practices in the sanitation and hygiene sector,
Haiti: US$ 10 million World Bank grant to bolster efforts against cholera, WHO warns that 400,00 could be affected
25 Nov 10
In response to the cholera outbreak in Haiti, the World Bank is preparing a US$ 10 million Cholera E
Menstrual hygiene management training materials for schools
24 Nov 10
Q. There is general information available about menstrual management in schools, but I would like to
