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Dirty Brits! Only One in Three Wash Their Hands After Each Visit to the Restroom
With E.coli once again in the headlines, research by global hygiene experts, Initial, shows that only one in three British people wash their hands after a visit to the toilet. As E.coli bacteria can spread from person to person by what is known as the...
Making Toilets the Norm in Rural Niger
Candid talk about human excrement is making people in rural Niger, where only 2 percent of the population has adequate sanitation, insist on building and using toilets: A project there is showing people from scores of villages the dangers of open defecation.
Beyond Chad’s Cholera Emergency
Temporary thatch-walled latrines marked “Oxfam-GB” in green letters line a schoolyard in the southern Chadian town of Bongor. The NGO put them up as part of an interagency response to a cholera epidemic: along with emergency beds and intravenous equipment...
Malawi Holds Oral Health Week
Malawi is currently observing an Oral Health Week to raise awareness among the population on the importance of maintaining good oral hygiene slated for November 15th to 20th.
Guinness World Record Set for Most People Simultaneously Sanitizing Their Hands
Prior to the Philadelphia Union versus LA Galaxy soccer match on October 7, 2,151 fans achieved a new record with Guinness World Records for simultaneously sanitizing their hands. SCA, a global hygiene company, and its Tork® brand of away-from-home paper...
European Union Supporting 23 Million Euros Worth of Water Projects in Ghana
The European Union (EU) has inaugurated 39 completed small town water and sanitation projects in two regions to the tune of 23 million euros.
Niger Government to Invest 29bn CFA Francs to Improve Water Quality in 2010
The Nigerien government will invest 29 billion CFA francs in the year 2010 for the construction and rehabilitation of hydraulic structures, and further studies on improving the quality and installation of new units of water management as well, official...
President Jacob Zuma Says It is Unacceptable That Most Rural Communities in South Africa Lack Clean Water
It is unacceptable that most rural communities still do not have access to clean water, says South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma. Zuma, who was speaking during the official launch of the upgrade of the Nsezi Water treatment plant in Richards Bay...
