Health

'Off-grid' cellphone towers could save lives

Electricity from rural cellphone towers in poor countries could chill vaccines, saving 5 million lives every year, say Harvey Rubin and Alice Conant.

Publication Date: 
17/09/2010
Harvey Rubin, Alice Conant
New Scientist
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Telecommunication, Electricity, Health, Developing Countries, India, Rural Health, Nigeria, Child Health, Waterborne diseases, Immunisation, Rural Energy, Off-Grid
Sanitation

 Global aid on sanitation is southward bound

Globally, 2.6 billion people lack access to safe and clean toilets. For example, 92 per cent of the population in Afghanistan don't have proper sanitation; 67 per cent in India as well. A

Publication Date: 
14/01/2008
Down to Earth
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Waterborne diseases, Toilets, Sanitation, UN, Developing Countries, Statistics
Sanitation

 World Toilet Conference

The seventh World Toilet Conference got over in Delhi on November 2. The theme of the four-day summit was

Publication Date: 
29/11/2007
Down to Earth
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Health Effects, Waterborne diseases, Sanitation, Open Defecation, Rural Sanitation, India, Delhi
Sanitation

 Yellow River has lost one third of its fish

With the sewage system of Baghdad collapsing recently after four days of incessant rain, the city was left at the mercy of waterborne diseases. In some areas of the city drinking water was getting

Publication Date: 
14/02/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Quality, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Waterborne diseases, Sanitation, Urban Sanitation, Iraq
Sanitation

 Height of inequality

Standard of living determines a child s height

Publication Date: 
14/02/2004
Vibha Varshney
Down to Earth
Tags:
Malnutrition, Water Quality, Health Effects, Waterborne diseases, Diarrhoea, Sanitation, Medical Research, Child Health, Peru

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