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Nigeria Urged to Stamp Out Environmental Hazards Like Defecating in the Open
The UNICEF Country Representative in Nigeria, Dr Suomi Sakai, has urged Nigeria to stamp out environmental hazards of defecating in the open and reduce the high rate of water-borne diseases in rural communities across the country.
Making Zimbabwe’s Water Safer
A combined effort by donor agencies, foreign governments, local organizations and the Zimbabwean government is slowly improving the water infrastructure while reducing the chances that cholera will return.
Mozambican Government Needs $50m More to Complete New Sanitation System for the Central City of Beira
The Mozambican government needs a further $50 million to complete the new sanitation system for the central city of Beira, local media reports suggest.
Clashes Displace 12,000 in Afghanistan’s Faryab Province
Clashes between government forces and the Taliban have displaced at least 12,000 people in Afghanistan’s remote northwestern province of Faryab, creating a dire need for water, sanitation and other essentials, the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS)...
Women ‘key’ to Success of Sri Lanka’s Water Projects
Women could prove key to the success of Sri Lanka’s rural water and sanitation projects, experts and villagers say. As a five-year project to reduce time spent collecting water and to ensure safe drinking water jointly launched by the Asian Development...
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...
Australia Gives Mozambique $17.25m for Water Supply
Australia has approved $17.25 million for Mozambique over the next two years for improvements to the water infrastructure in two municipalities namely Ilha de Mozambique and Mocimboa de Praia in the north, the Australian government said on Wednesday in...
