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31.01.2008 Want to solve real-life water problems of today? Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment’s short course on the theory, practice and policies of urban rainwater harvesting for working professionals offers expert advice and hands-on lessons in planning and designing systems. Register now for the March 17-21 course.
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Related topics/regions: [India] [South Asia] [Cities] [Environment] [Conservation] [Knowledge]
28.01.2008 Kenian maaseudulla kaivot ovat vilkkaassa käytössä ja toimivat hyvin siellä, missä kylät ovat sitoutuneet niiden ylläpitoon. Naisten rooli kaivojen ylläpitämisessä on tärkeä, sillä naiset vastaavat veden kuljettamisesta perheilleen.
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From: global.finland
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25.01.2008 Lack of good sanitation and toilets are causing extensive environmental damage and making 5,000 infants die every day. It’s time to break the world’s silence on this global crisis and smell the stink round the corner, says Barbara Frost, Chief Executive, WaterAid.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Environment] [Health] [Disease] [MDGs]
Professor Mahmuder Rahman / Photo credit: WHO
21.01.2008 It has been more than a decade now when the scale of arsenic poisoning disaster in Bangladesh first came to light. Millions are still drinking the water contaminated by deadly chemical. Prof Mahmuder Rahman, who helped draft the National Arsenic Mitigation Policy, says in an interview that the country needs a long-term solution.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Health] [Disease]
Image: Professor Mahmuder Rahman / Photo credit: WHO
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17.01.2008 Kehitysmaiden slummialueillakin vesihuolto on mahdollista saada toimimaan. Esimerkkinä on Kambodžan pääkaupunki Phnom Pehn, joka on onnistunut saamaan 90 prosenttia asukkaistaan vesijohtoveden piiriin.
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From: Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus
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An Indian woman holds up her anti-Coke sign
15.01.2008 In a rebuttal to the clean chit given by a prestigious body to Coca-Cola, the Centre for Science and Environment has said that in the absence of standards for pesticide residues in colas, soft drinks are still not safe for drinking in India.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Corporations] [Health]
Image: An Indian woman holds up her anti-Coke sign © India Resource Center
15.01.2008 The Sono filter, a local innovation, offers hope to millions in Bangladesh who lack access to safe drinking water. Arsenic contaminated groundwater exists in all but one of the country’s 64 districts, and adversely impacts the health of those who ingest it over long periods.
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Related topics/regions: [Bangladesh] [South Asia] [Pollution] [Health] [Science] [MDGs]
10.01.2008 Yli 2,6 miljardia ihmistä on ilman kunnollisia wc- ja peseytymistiloja. Puutteellisen sanitaation seurauksena sairaudet, kuten ripuli, aiheuttavat neljän lapsen kuoleman joka minuutti.
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From: Plan Suomi Säätiö
Related topics/regions: [Children] [Infant mortality]
09.01.2008 Kuoppakäymälän huonot puolet kaupunkioloissa paljastuvat viimeistään sadekaudella, kun kuoppa täytyy vedellä. Burkina Fason pääkaupungin toreilla kuopat on nyt korvattu oikeilla vessoilla.
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From: Suomen IPS
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