Poor sanitation (open defecation, leaking pipes, overloaded wastewater treatment works) reduces the value of water. Faecal contamination from sanitation systems pollutes water resources. What is the link between sanitation, water and disease? The...
The Zimbabwean government has declared a state of emergency in the capital city of Harare after a cholera outbreak claimed the lives of more than 20 people. According to the country’s health minister Obediah Moyo the decision was taken in order to...
“There is now not one drop of municipal water left in Harare,” A source supplying boreholes in several SADC countries, including Zimbabwe’s capital, has told Infrastructre.ne.ws. “There are now hundreds of new boreholes being dug each week, putting...
The seemingly innocuous but ever important issue of personal hygiene is under the spotlight in Ghana following the recent deaths of more than 100 people through an outbreak of cholera. This tragedy follows several interventions that were...
The international advocacy group Human Rights Watch says millions of people in Harare, Zimbabwe remain at risk of water borne diseases as a result of contaminated water and poor sanitation. It’s been five years since a cholera epidemic killed...
For the 10% of South Africans that do not have access to piped water, diarrhoea and other water-borne diseases are life-threatening. The 10% – or five million people – can only hope for an interim solution to overcome this problem. Their remote...
Lagos – Flooding across Nigeria has killed 137 people and displaced more than 35 000 since July, the Red Cross said on Monday, as officials urged mass evacuations along the River Niger, fearing it was set to overflow. Heavy rainfall in two...
