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Displaying 15 of about 103 resultsGENEVA, 25 January 2012 - Bequia is a delightful link in the chain of islands which make St. Vincent and the Grenadines such an attractive destination for sun worshipping tourists. With a population of 4,300 people and an area of just 18 km2, it is on the frontlines of the unfolding drama of climate change and Small Island Developing States. And, like m…
GENEVA, 6 June 2013 - The Head of UNISDR, Margareta Wahlström, today welcomed the emphasis placed on the links between poverty reduction and disaster risk reduction in the report of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda which identifies climate change as the main obstacle in the way of ending extreme poverty.
Ms. W…
Wastewater testing provides a relatively economic method whereby countries in Latin America and the Caribbean can improve their detection, diagnosis, control, and monitoring systems for viruses that cause diseases like COVID-19 and its variants. This tool, which complements clinical studies, allows public policy makers to have a comprehensive, sustainab…
15-504: Infection Prevention and Control Environmental Health (WASH) Specialist
Background
International Medical Corps (IMC), a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs, seeks candidates for the position of Infection Prevention and Contr…
A recently launched website 'Disaster Friendly Water and Sanitation' a joint initiative of Dhaka Ahsania Mission and Concern Bangladesh, is intended to help the process of formulating a coordinated disaster risk reduction strategy whilst strengthening field level activities.
A national advocacy campaign '2008 Year of Disaster Friendly Wat-San in Bangla…
This report shows how glacial retreat, natural disasters, disease, forest fires, and erratic weather patterns could devastate a country which has done little to cause the climate crisis. It also shows how Bolivian communities are fighting to adapt to a changing climate despite a lack of international support.
By David Feldman, Professor Urban Planning & Public Policy and Political Science, Director of Water UCI, University of California, Irvine
As the world confronts the coronavirus pandemic, experts say that a key way to minimize the odds of getting sick is by washing your hands thoroughly and frequently.
But what if you don’t have acce…
“We don’t have enough water to drink and cook our food, so where will we get water to wash our hands frequently?” This was the reaction of Anna Nyokabi, a resident of Kibera, one of Nairobi’s largest slums, when the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Kenya was announced earlier this month. Anna is a single mother of seven children eking out a living as…
With India declaring COVID-19 as a 'Notified Disaster', this one of its kind tracking initiative from the stable of the ‘Change Planet Partners Climate Innovation Foundation’ draws from the strategic pointers of a recent WHO Director – General’s speech and evidences what can be called an innovative 3 pronged ‘Pandemic Response Mechanism’ based on fronti…
By Betsy Otto, Samantha Kuzma, Colin Strong and Marlena Chertock
As the coronavirus crisis spreads throughout the world, it is increasingly clear that people with the least access to essential services like water will feel the most dramatic effects.
Major health organizations advise washing hands more frequently – for at…
- Geopolitical and societal risks dominate the World Economic Forum Global Risks 2015 report
- Interstate conflict with regional consequences is viewed as the number one global risk in terms of likelihood, with water crises ranking highest in terms of impact
- Experts rate environmental risks more prominently than economic ones
London, United Kingdom…
By Justin Lessler, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University; Andrew Azman,Research Associate in Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University; Benjamin Zaitchik, Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University; Sean Moore, Postdoctoral Fellow in Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Univers…
2011 has been a year of transition for Haiti. Humanitarian aid and the commitment of NGOs in Haiti continued all along the last 12 months, but the 12 January 2010 earthquake has left deep marks on the country. On top of these scars, new strains occurred with the cholera epidemic as soon as October 2010, and the phase of political transition, which ended…
Diarrheal disease, a preventable and treatable illness, remains the second-leading cause of death in children under the age of 5 and a persistent public health threat in sub-Saharan Africa.
Researchers have now uncovered how surface water dynamics may increase the vulnerability of dependent populations to diarrheal disease and climate change.
Kathleen…
Overcrowded and impoverished, the Guarani Kaiowa lack the most effectively weapon against getting coronavirus: clean running water
By Mauricio Angelo
BRASILIA, April 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In Brazil's most populous indigenous reserve, the Guarani Kaiowa people live in fear of catching the novel coronavirus, knowing they have no access to on…