Full Coverage: Water/sanitation
May 2008
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The aim of this Guide is to provide a brief introduction to the subject of Water and Sanitation, in the context of the Millennium Development Goals
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07.05.2008
Five days after Cyclone Nargis hit parts of Myanmar, international aid has begun to arrive. Latest estimates claim over 22,000 people have perished and twice as many gone missing, leaving a million people homeless. The Irrawaddy delta still remains cut off from the world.
more...Related topics/regions: [Aid] [Shelter & housing] [Disease] [United Nations] Image: Devastation all around / Photo credit: AP
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05.05.2008
Hot weather and lack of safe drinking water have led to a severe spate in diarrohea cases in Bangladesh. According to health experts, poverty, rising food prices and low levels of awareness on sanitation are driving people to eat cheap contaminated food.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Food] [Poverty] [Health] [Disease] Image: Children lying at a hospital in Dhaka / Photo credit: Shamsuddin Ahmed / IRIN
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