Knowledge Centre : Health and Population : Water and Sanitation
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- Water Aid pop
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WaterAid is the UK's only major charity dedicated exclusively to the provision of safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene education to the world's poorest people.
(Added: Fri May 14 1999 Modified: Tue Jun 14 2005 Hits: 1085)
- Cochabamba's 'Water War', Six Years On
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Six years after the people of Cochabamba reversed the privatisation of the city water company, access to water has improved and rates have been raised only slightly. However, there is still a long way to go. (Franz Chávez, IPS, 8 November 2006) LA PAZ, Nov 8 (IPS) -
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35418
(Added: Fri Nov 10 2006 Hits: 147)
- Coke Pepsi and the Politics of Food Safety
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Recent events in India show that Coke and Pepsi have firmly joined the group of toxic and hazardous products that need to be banned to protect the health of citizens and to protect the environment. Not only does Coca-Cola steal the water of local communities, it pollutes what it doesn't take. In addition, the soft drink giants have succeeded in making the youth of India ashamed of indigenous food culture in spite of its nutrition and safety through their aggressive-advertising. (Vandana Shiva, Zmag, September 06, 2006)
http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2006-09/06shiva.cfm
(Added: Tue Sep 12 2006 Hits: 226)
- Millennium Goals: Down the pan?
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Five years ago, world leaders vowed to halve the proportion of people in the world without access to safe drinking water and basic, hygienic toilet facilities. But the "un-sexiness" of sanitation, its lack of donor-appeal, is one of the reasons why Norway's Minister for International Development calls this one the "neglected Millennium Goal." (Richard Black, BBC, 15 September 2005)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4248082.stm
(Added: Thu Jun 15 2006 Modified: Mon Jul 02 2007 Hits: 234)
- Support Bolivia's Campaign for Water Rights!
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Despite a recent independent audit showing that Suez owes the government of Bolivia approximately US$6 million in unpaid fines and fees, the global water corporation is demanding compensation for its own botched operations. Bolivians demanded water rights but Suez has threatened to fight them at the World Bank's secret court. Tell Suez CEO to respect El Alto / La Paz water rights!
(Added: Wed Oct 25 2006 Modified: Fri Jan 12 2007 Hits: 299)
- A Review of EcoSan Experience in Eastern and Southern Africa
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The scale of the sanitation crisis in Africa is enormous: 43 percent of the population of Sub Saharan Africa - over 303 million people - had no access to basic sanitation in the year 2000. Many governments and agencies in Africa are exploring the role of ecological sanitation, or EcoSan, within their environmental sanitation and hygiene improvement programs. Despite convincing environmental and economic reasons to support this approach, acceptance of the technology has been very limited so far. This field note reviews experience in Eastern Africa and, with less detail, Southern Africa. (Water and Santation Program, Juanuary 2005)
http://conference2005.ecosan.org/papers/jackson_et_al.pdf
(Added: Wed Jun 07 2006 Modified: Wed Feb 14 2007 Hits: 167)
- Bottled Water: Pouring resources down the drain
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Even in areas where tap water is safe to drink, demand for bottled water is increasing-producing unnecessary garbage and consuming vast quantities of energy. Although in the industrial world bottled water is often no healthier than tap water, it can cost up to 10,000 times more. At as much as $2.50 per liter ($10 per gallon), bottled water costs more than gasoline. The United Nations Millennium Development Goal for environmental sustainability calls for halving the proportion of people lacking sustainable access to safe drinking water by 2015. Meeting this goal would require doubling the $15 billion a year that the world currently spends on water supply and sanitation. While this amount may seem large, it pales in comparison to the estimated $100 billion spent each year on bottled water. This article makes the case against buying bottled water. (Emily Arnold, Earth Action, 2 February 2006)
http://earthaction.org/en/water.html
(Added: Fri Jan 12 2007 Hits: 379)
- Business Development Services for Community managed Small Water Enterprises [pdf]
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Rural communities in Kenya are deeply involved in rural water supply investments. The government has recognised the potential of this activity and is reforming the water sector to support the emergence of community service providers. A key challenge is providing the support these water providers need for long-term sustainability (Water and Sanitation Program, April 2007).
(Added: Tue Apr 01 2008 Modified: Fri Apr 18 2008 Hits: 46)
- Challenges of sanitation and hygiene promotion in Burkina Faso [pdf]
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Safe hygiene practices and access to sanitation are crucial for combating the main health threats to children. However, nearly twice as many people lack access to sanitation compared with water supply. Is it time to stop aligning sanitation and health (S&H) policies so closely with water management policy? (Katharina Welle, Overseas Development Institute, February 2007).
http://www.odi.org.uk/wpp/resources/project-reports/0701_sanitation_burkina.pdf
(Added: Wed May 07 2008 Hits: 4)
- Challenges to International Waters; Regional Assessments in a Global Perspective [PDF]
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The GIWA Final Report provides a comprehensive review of the most important findings from the GIWA regional reports. To better understand these concerns and develop solutions to address them, the Report identifies the root causes and draws policy relevant conclusions. It also outlines knowledge gaps which impede the sustainable management of international waters. It summarises the major transboundary concerns and their environmental, socio-economic and health impacts. Agriculture is consuming more water as the world population increases and as people turn to a Western diet, one of the scientists on the report said. The UN concludes that ending subsidies on pesticides and fertilisers, and realistic pricing on water, would reduce demand and pollution. United Nations Environment Programme, February, 2006.
http://www.giwa.net/publications/finalreport/
(Added: Wed Mar 22 2006 Modified: Fri Mar 31 2006 Hits: 207)
- Dirty aid, dirty water: Take action for Sierra Leone
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PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Africa has been awarded a major aid contract by the UK government. The company has been contracted to advise the Sierra Leonean government on the privatisation of 24 state-owned companies, including the public water company in Freetown, the capital city. The water utility in Freetown needs urgent reform. But before any such reform can take place there must be a full and meaningful consultation process, which looks at all options, including that of keeping water in public hands. Based on PWC Africa's water privatisation track record and statements made by the company and its employees, PwC Africa appears to have an ideological attachment to water privatisation and therefore should not be relied upon to run a full, meaningful and even-handed consultation process. Email PwC Africa now and demand that they withdraw from this contract unless the UK government drops the water component.
http://www.wdm.org.uk/campaigns/aid/action/pwc.php
(Added: Wed Oct 18 2006 Hits: 280)
- EcoSanRes
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EcoSanRes (ecological sanitation research) is an international environment and development programme on ecological sanitation. It has its roots in the pioneering SanRes programme which ran from 1993 to 2002. Sponsored by the Sida, managed by Stockholm Environment Institute with Akkadia Environment, SwedEnviro and Vatema, with a world network of 20 organisations.
(Added: Thu Mar 11 2004 Hits: 341)
- Expose the Reality Behind Bottled Water
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Coke, Nestlé and Pepsi are misleading consumers into believing that bottled water is better for you than tap water--but the fact is that bottled water is actually less regulated! These corporations have spent tens of thousands of dollars to convince us that bottled water is cleaner, healthier and safer than tap water. So, as these corporations profit off our water, they are undermining support for our public water supplies, which could pave the way for corporate privatization of our public water systems. Tell Coke, Nestlé and Pepsi to stop misleading promotion of their bottled water brands and to stop interfering in policies that protect our water.
http://www.stopcorporateabusenow.org/campaign/exposebottledwater
(Added: Thu Feb 15 2007 Hits: 353)
- Globaleq Ltd
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This report looks at the international power company Globeleq. Globeleq was set up in 2002 by the UK government's Department for International Development (DFID) as part of its strategy of "promoting the private sector in the developing world". Yet the involvement of international power companies in the energy sectors of developing countries has been deeply problematic. The poor have often found themselves excluded from access to privatised electricity as prices have spiralled out of their reach. This report not only outlines Globeleq's rapid expansion into the energy markets of developing countries over the past four years, in the process it has transferred over US$1 billion of UK aid money to US power companies wishing to exit those markets. It also recommends action, including calling on the UK government to review its policy of using aid money to promote privatisation of public services in developing countries. (War on Want, September 2006)
http://www.waronwant.org/downloads/WoW%20Globeleq%20report.pdf
(Added: Mon Oct 02 2006 Hits: 152)
- Handwash or Eyewash?: Selling Soap in the Name of Public Private Partnerships
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By Lalitha Sridhar India Resource Center August 19, 2003 There is a potential market of 665 million consumers waiting to be tapped. A quarter of the Indian people in urban areas and three quarters of the people in rural areas do not use soap every day, according to estimates by the World Bank's Water and Sanitation Program. Voila! Indians are gifted two international aid projects in as many years, telling them to wash their hands with soap.
http://www.indiaresource.org/issues/water/2003/projectwash.html
(Added: Fri Aug 22 2003 Modified: Thu Sep 14 2006 Hits: 421)
- Health, Environment and The Burden of Disease; A Guidance Note (pdf)
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DFID's report on linking health and the environment. Considers water supply, sanitation and hygiene promotion, indoor air pollution (IAP), general injuries, and improving health through the environment.
(Added: Fri Jul 04 2003 Modified: Thu Sep 14 2006 Hits: 562)
- Help Protect People's Health in Guadalajara, Mexico!
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For more than 30 years, untreated industrial effluent and sewage from the metropolis of Guadalajara has flowed into the Santiago River. In 2001, the National Water Commission (CNA) declared the Santiago River unsuitable as a source of drinking water. Nevertheless, the National Water Commission proposes building the Arcediano Dam Project to supply water to Guadalajara. Residents of Guadalajara are concerned that the water will be unsuitable for human consumption, and that the proposed treatment facilities will be inadequate for removing the toxic heavy metals and organic wastes that have accumulated in the Santiago River. Communities are demanding that a comprehensive health impact assessment is conducted before construction of the project begins, and that alternative options for water supply are considered for Guadalajara City. Support the call for a comprehensive health impact assessment by writing to Mexican authorities today.
http://www.irn.org/action/061009mexico.php
(Added: Thu Nov 02 2006 Hits: 217)
- Human Development Report 2006: Beyond Scarcity - Power, Poverty and the Global Water Crisis
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The Human Development Report frames debates on some of the most pressing challenges facing humanity. This year's report: • Investigates the underlying causes and consequences of a crisis that leaves 1.2 billion people without access to safe water and 2.6 billion without access to sanitation • Argues for a concerted drive to achieve water and sanitation for all through national strategies and a global plan of action • Examines the social and economic forces that are driving water shortages and marginalizing the poor in agriculture • Looks at the scope for international cooperation to resolve cross-border tensions in water management. (UNDP, November 2006)
(Added: Fri Nov 10 2006 Modified: Wed Jan 10 2007 Hits: 287)
- In the public Interest: health, education, and water and sanitation for all
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This report shows that developing countries will only achieve healthy and educated populations if their governments take responsibility for providing essential services. Civil society organisations and private companies can make important contributions, but they must be properly regulated and integrated into strong public systems, and not seen as substitutes for them. Only governments can reach the scale necessary to provide universal access to services that are free or heavily subsidised for poor people and geared to the needs of all citizens - including women and girls, minorities, and the very poorest. Rich country governments and international agencies such as the World Bank should be crucial partners in supporting public systems, but too often they block progress by failing to deliver debt relief and predictable aid that supports public systems. They also hinder development by pushing private sector solutions that do not benefit the poor. (Oxfam, September 2006)
http://www.oxfam.org/en/files/bp_public_interest/download
(Added: Mon Sep 04 2006 Hits: 183)
- Infant Feeding Research Project
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The IFRP's Vision is to contribute to reducing the number of children dying through Mother to Child Transmission of HIV by focusing on the positive potential of the woman and counselor relationship to promote safe infant feeding practices.
(Added: Fri Nov 30 2007 Hits: 87)
- Investigating Options for Self-help Water Supply
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This field note outlines the findings of an investigation into experiences of self-help water supply improvements in Uganda. It makes recommendations on how water supply professionals can best engage with communities to achieve sustainable supplies, briefly describing a recently-started pilot project supporting self-supply options. (World Bank, October 2006).
http://www.wsp.org/filez/pubs/326200793645_UgandaSelfSupply.pdf
(Added: Wed Jul 11 2007 Hits: 142)
- Manual on the right to water and sanitation (pdf)
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This manual is designed to assist policy makers and practitioners in implementing the right to water and sanitation. The Manual has been produced by the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Human Rights Programme, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), (February 2008.)
http://www.cohre.org/store/attachments/RWP-Manual-water.pdf
(Added: Mon Feb 11 2008 Hits: 40)
- NETWAS: Network for Water and Sanitation
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NETWAS is a capacity building and information network for Africa focusing on water, sanitation and environment sector. It is comprised of resource centres in Eastern Africa implementing capacity building activities on training of professionals, applied research, networking and information sharing, advocacy, advisory and consultancy services.
(Added: Mon Nov 07 2005 Hits: 258)
- OneWorld guide to water and sanitation
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Water is humanity's second most precious resource after the air we breathe. It covers over 70% of the earth's surface but only 1% is available as freshwater, the distribution of which painfully reflects the failure of the modern world to build a fair society. Over 1.1 billion people lack access to safe water and 2.6 billion live without proper sanitation. Water-related diseases result in over five million deaths annually, of whom most are children. This is One World's guide to information on the matter.
http://www.oneworld.net/article/frontpage/271/4468
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- Pipe Dreams: The failure of the private sector to invest in water services in developing countries [pdf]
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The last 15 years of donor policy has been based on the idea that the 'competition and efficiency' of privatisation provides the answer to the global water crisis. But this report calls this idea a pipe dream, demonstrating that water privatisation has failed to deliver even the investment promised, let alone sufficient investment to connect new communities in the kinds of numbers needed. What makes this even worse is that, while international donors have promoted the role of the private sector as investors in the water sector, at the same time they have substantially cut their own investment in this area. As a result, the net contribution of 15 years of privatisation has been to significantly reduce the funds available to poor countries for investment in water, by billions of dollars. The report finds that it vital that donors and governments are honest with people about the limits of water privatisation, and develop a new strategy for investing in public water systems to make good on their MDG promises. (World Development Movement, March 2006)
http://www.wdm.org.uk/resources/briefings/aid/pipedreamsfullreport.pdf
(Added: Mon Mar 27 2006 Hits: 260)
