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Canadian study quantifies effects of safe water, sanitation on health for first time

"In a study of 193 countries to be released Thursday, Canadian-based researchers say they've been able to quantify -- for the first time -- how safe water and public sanitation efforts affect health when factoring out other variables such as a nation's wealth, fertility or location," USA Today's "Your Life" reports.

17 Feb 2012

Zimbabwean officials call for improvements to water, sanitation systems to prevent further typhoid outbreaks

Zimbabwean health officials responding to typhoid outbreaks in the capital of Harare that have affected more than 2,000 people "have called on the local and central governments to overhaul water and sanitation systems" to stem the spread of the disease, VOA News reports.

16 Feb 2012

USAID improves health through access to clean water in Timor-Leste

In this post in USAID's "IMPACTblog," Carlos dos Reis, foreign service national environmental health officer for Timor-Leste, reports on a trip to the country's remote district of Oecusse with U.S. Ambassador Judith Fergin and USAID/Timor-Leste Mission Director Rick Scott to "inaugurate the new clean water supply system built with the support of USAID."

15 Feb 2012

Water-associated disease outbreaks more likely to occur in high population density areas

Water-associated infectious disease outbreaks are more likely to occur in areas where a region's population density is growing, according to a new global analysis of economic and environmental conditions that influence the risk for these outbreaks.

15 Feb 2012

Aid for water, sanitation programs must benefit the poor

In this post in the ONE blog, Brooks Keene, policy adviser for CARE's water team, "makes the argument that foreign aid should benefit the poor first and foremost," noting, "As we approach World Water Day on March 22, CARE, [the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)] and WaterAid have published a report card on how well" the Water for the Poor Act, passed by Congress in 2005, "has been implemented seven years down the line."

13 Feb 2012

Web-based tool suite helps first responders rapidly coordinate resources during disasters

A Web-based tool suite that helps first responders rapidly coordinate resources during disasters, co-sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), is being introduced at a University of Connecticut panel Feb. 8-11 as part of a month-long rollout.

10 Feb 2012

Water and sanitation sector must speak up to be included in NTD eradication efforts

Applauding the signing of the so-called "London Declaration on NTDs" by a consortium of public and private partners last week, Ned Breslin, CEO of Water For People, writes in this Huffington Post "Impact" opinion piece, "I am saddened by the emphasis on vaccines and medicines as the seemingly only vehicles to eradicate NTDs by London Declaration signatories. And I wonder where water, sanitation and hygiene are in this mix, as by all accounts it is not anywhere to be seen in the NTD eradication initiative."

10 Feb 2012

Malawi faces cholera outbreak after floods lead to declining sanitary conditions

Inter Press Service reports on a cholera outbreak in Malawi's Nsanje and Chikhwawa districts, located on the southern border with Mozambique, noting that government officials have attributed the outbreak to declining sanitation conditions as a result of flooding in late January.

10 Feb 2012

Women in Haiti face widespread gender-based violence, sexual exploitation 2 years after earthquake

Two years after Haiti's January 2010 earthquake, a "crisis of gender-based violence and exploitation is festering -- and foreign aid efforts are still failing to protect survivor communities from harm, or to make the criminal justice system more accountable," The Nation reports.

9 Feb 2012

Establishing clean water, sanitation in Liberia

In this Guardian analysis, journalist and author Rose George describes a recent trip to Liberia with the organization WaterAid, during which she discussed sanitation with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and visited two towns with the aim of learning more about their access to clean water and sanitation.

6 Feb 2012

Access to, use of sanitation systems cuts odds of worm infection in half, study review shows

When sanitation systems are available and used, the odds of contracting one of a group of diseases, known as soil-transmitted helminths (STH), is cut in half, according to a systemic review and meta-analysis published this week in PLoS Medicine, Examiner.com reports (Herriman, 1/25).

30 Jan 2012

One year and no recorded polio cases in India

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that India has recorded no cases of polio for one full year - a significant benchmark for the South Asian nation and an encouraging development for health professionals fighting to eradicate the stubborn disease worldwide.

15 Jan 2012

USAID's Shah discusses progress in post-earthquake Haiti on NPR's Talk of the Nation

USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah on Thursday appeared on NPR's Talk of the Nation to discuss rebuilding efforts in Haiti two years after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake destroyed much of the capital, Port-au-Prince.

13 Jan 2012

International health groups ally to fight cholera in Haiti; Officials emphasize need for sanitation infrastructure

"Unless steps are taken to eliminate cholera from Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Republic, the disease will likely resurge and could even spread to other parts of the Caribbean, international health officials said Wednesday," CQ HealthBeat reports.

13 Jan 2012

CBC News examines Canadian aid agencies', government's roles in post-earthquake Haiti

CBC News examines the roles of Canadian humanitarian organizations and the government in helping Haiti rebuild nearly two years after a massive earthquake rocked the country. "Haiti needs long-term solutions, says Nicolas Moyer, a spokesman for the Humanitarian Coalition," which includes Oxfam Canada, Oxfam Quebec, CARE Canada, Plan Canada and Save the Children, the news service notes.

7 Jan 2012

IRIN examines risk of waterborne diseases in Zimbabwe

IRIN examines how a lack of sanitation facilities and access to clean water, as well as the onset of the rainy season, are increasing the risk of waterborne diseases in rural areas of Zimbabwe.

6 Jan 2012

Vioguard self-sanitizing computer keyboard receives FDA clearance

Vioguard today announced the U.S. Food & Drug Administration has cleared the company's first product, the Vioguard self-sanitizing computer keyboard, for use in healthcare settings.

4 Jan 2012

IRIN analysis examines 'subtleties' of early warning messages in food security situations

In this analysis, "IRIN discussed with aid agencies and Sahel food security analysts the subtleties of getting early warning messages right in such situations."

23 Dec 2011

Safe drinking water, sanitation MDG will be met but inequalities in access remain

Reaching the Millennium Development Goal of "reducing by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation by 2015" likely will be reached, "but large numbers of people in the world's least developed regions will still not benefit," according to a report released Tuesday by UNICEF and the WHO, the U.N. News Centre reports.

22 Dec 2011

Government, humanitarian agencies respond to flooding in Philippines, warn of disease threat

"Philippine authorities are warning of the spread of diseases in cramped evacuation centers, days after flash floods hit the southern Philippines and claimed more than a thousand lives," ABC/Asia Pacific News reports, noting that flooding also has affected the country's northern provinces, displacing at least 50,000 people.

22 Dec 2011

Sanitization News and Research

Canadian study quantifies effects of safe water, sanitation on health for first time

Zimbabwean officials call for improvements to water, sanitation systems to prevent further typhoid outbreaks

USAID improves health through access to clean water in Timor-Leste

Water-associated disease outbreaks more likely to occur in high population density areas

Aid for water, sanitation programs must benefit the poor

Web-based tool suite helps first responders rapidly coordinate resources during disasters

Water and sanitation sector must speak up to be included in NTD eradication efforts

Malawi faces cholera outbreak after floods lead to declining sanitary conditions

Women in Haiti face widespread gender-based violence, sexual exploitation 2 years after earthquake

Establishing clean water, sanitation in Liberia

Access to, use of sanitation systems cuts odds of worm infection in half, study review shows

One year and no recorded polio cases in India

USAID's Shah discusses progress in post-earthquake Haiti on NPR's Talk of the Nation

International health groups ally to fight cholera in Haiti; Officials emphasize need for sanitation infrastructure

CBC News examines Canadian aid agencies', government's roles in post-earthquake Haiti

IRIN examines risk of waterborne diseases in Zimbabwe

Vioguard self-sanitizing computer keyboard receives FDA clearance

IRIN analysis examines 'subtleties' of early warning messages in food security situations

Safe drinking water, sanitation MDG will be met but inequalities in access remain

Government, humanitarian agencies respond to flooding in Philippines, warn of disease threat

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