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Waterborne disease: global problem, local solutions

The Ngiluni primary school in rural Ukambani, southeast Kenya, is working hard to improve the health and education of its pupils. Like many other schools in the area, it struggles to achieve satisfactory attendance rates. The reasons for low...

Singapore International Water Week

The Singapore TechXchange is a one-day conference focused on water technology innovation and commercialisation. Taking place on June 1, the first day of Singapore International Water Week, it is a great opportunity to meet the most senior delegates...
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Water intervention project to be launched

Ms Rejoice Mabudafhasi, MP, the Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, will officially open the water intervention project today. During the year 2012, Chief Mamu Nolusapho Mgwebi wrote to the Deputy Minister reporting that her...
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ADF funds Senegal water and sanitation project

Senegal will receive a combined African Development Fund (ADF) loan and grant amounting to 18.74 billion CFA francs to finance the country’s Water and Sanitation Sector Project (PSEA). Senegal launched PSEA in 2005 as part of the Millennium...
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Nigeria receives funding for water supply services

The Nigerian Government has received US$250 million in credit from the International Development Association to increase its efforts to increase access to water supply services and to improve the financial and management viability of existing water...
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Setting concrete targets for water and sanitation

Governments from 50 countries recently gathered in Washington for the Sanitation and Water for All High Level Meeting. They met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake, and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim to...