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India, Maharashtra: community-based bacteriological study of quality of drinking-water and its feedback

dietvorst wrote 5 days ago: A Tambe, P.V. … [et al.] (2008). Community-based bacteriological study of quality of drinking- … more →

Tags: India, Rural WASH, Participatory Management, Water quality, water pollution, rural water supply, bacteriological quality

Targeting appropriate interventions to minimize deterioration of drinking-water quality in developing countries

dietvorst wrote 6 days ago: Trevett, A.F. and Carter, R.C. (2008). Targeting appropriate interventions to minimize deterioration … more →

Tags: Hygiene Promotion, Monitoring & evaluation, Water Quality, disease risk index, drinking water, Literature Reviews, SSA10-Research

Community-based bacteriological study of quality of drinking-water and its feedback, Western Maharashtra, India

dietvorst wrote 6 days ago: A Tambe, P.V. … [et al.] (2008). Community-based bacteriological study of quality of drinking- … more →

Tags: Participatory Management, South Asia, Water Quality, Rural WASH, India, water pollution, bacteriological quality, rural water supply, SSA10-Research

Ceramic water filters reduce diarrhoeal disease in Cambodia

dietvorst wrote 1 week ago: Brown J., Sobsey, M.D. and Loomis D. (2008). Local drinking water filters reduce diarrheal disease … more →

Tags: East-Asia Pacific, water related diseases, water treatment, Cambodia, ceramic water filters

Diarrhoeal diseases: Factors determining vulnerability to diarrhoea during and after severe floods in Bangladesh

dietvorst wrote 2 weeks ago: Hashizume, M. … [t al.] (2008). Factors determining vulnerability to diarrhoea during and afte … more →

Tags: South Asia, water related diseases, Bangladesh, Cholera, Floods, SSA09-Research

Bangladesh: factors determining vulnerability to diarrhoea during and after severe floods

dietvorst wrote 2 weeks ago: Hashizume, M. … [t al.] (2008). Factors determining vulnerability to diarrhoea during and afte … more →

Tags: Bangladesh, publications, water related diseases, Cholera, Floods, Research

India, Bihar: disease kills children in flood camps

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Children who fled their homes to escape floods in northern India are dying from disease because of d … more →

Tags: Emergency Sanitation, Sanitation and Health, South Asia, Floods, India, Kosi river, nepal

India, Bihar: disease kills children in flood camps

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Children who fled their homes to escape floods in northern India are dying from disease because of d … more →

Tags: India, nepal, Emergencies, water related diseases, SSA08-India, Floods

Child mortality due to diarrhoea in developing countries

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Boschi-Pinto, C., Velebit, L. and Shibuya, K. (2008). Estimating child mortality due to diarrhoea in … more →

Tags: water related diseases, Epidemiology, S0806-Research, Child mortality

Nepal: unsafe drinking water and sanitation in jails

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: The National Human Rights Commission Regional Office Banke has demanded an explanation from the chie … more →

Tags: sanitation, nepal, Water supply, water related diseases, arsenic, SSA06-Nepal, prisons, Red Cross

Nepal: unsafe drinking water and sanitation in jails

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: The National Human Rights Commission Regional Office Banke has demanded an explanation from the chie … more →

Tags: South Asia, Dignity and Social Development, nepal, Red Cross, Jails, arsenic

Nepal: Government prepares for possible diarrhoea epidemic

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Health workers at Nepal’s Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) in the Department o … more →

Tags: nepal, Emergencies, Water treatment, UNICEF, World Health Organization, Epidemics, SSA06-Nepal

Nepal: Government prepares for possible diarrhoea epidemic

dietvorst wrote 1 month ago: Health workers at Nepal’s Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) in the Department o … more →

Tags: South Asia, Sanitation and Health, nepal, Epidemics

Kenya: Acute diarrhoea reported in western region

dietvorst wrote 3 months ago: At least 34 cases of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) have been reported in the Rift Valley town of Naku … more →

Tags: Kenya, Emergencies, Hygiene Promotion, water related diseases, Cholera, acute watery diarrhoea

Kenya: Acute diarrhoea reported in western region

dietvorst wrote 3 months ago: At least 34 cases of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) have been reported in the Rift Valley town of Naku … more →

Tags: Africa, Sanitation and Health, Cholera, Kenya, acute watery diarrhoea

Pneumonia, diarrhea concerns in disease prevention: health alliance

dietvorst wrote 3 months ago: Pneumonia and diarrhea, which kill one in three children around the world, are emerging as key conce … more →

Tags: water related diseases, Rotavirus Vaccine, Immunization

India: Water Aplenty, Nor a Drop to Drink

dietvorst wrote 4 months ago: Over 37.7 million people in India are affected by water-borne diseases due to contaminated drinking … more →

Tags: India, publications, Rural WASH, water related diseases, S0801-Asia, arsenic, Fluoride, anaemia

Indonesia: Diarrhoea takes deadly toll on toddlers consuming infant formula

dietvorst wrote 5 months ago: Infants are suffering serious bouts of diarrhoea, and in some cases dying, from infant formula provi … more →

Tags: Indonesia, water related diseases, Child Health, S0804-Asia

Nepal: Diarrhoea tops summer disease list1 comment

dietvorst wrote 5 months ago: Kathmandu: This is summer time. This is the season of diseases like diarrhoea, dysentery, cholera, j … more →

Tags: Hygiene Promotion, South Asia, Sanitation and Health, nepal