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KENYA: Cholera outbreak in Man...

KENYA: Cholera outbreak in Mandera

africa » kenya » isiolo
IRIN
Friday, March 07, 2008
An outbreak of cholera in Kenya's northeastern district of Mandera has claimed the lives of six people, with the local hospital reporting that about...
cholera, outbreak, hygiene, hospital, illiness
ZIMBABWE: Rainwater harvesting...

ZIMBABWE: Rainwater harvesting eases shortage

africa » zimbabwe » bulawayo
IRIN
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Residents of Zimbabwe's second city, Bulawayo, are harvesting welcome rainwater from their roofs after consistently low rainfall in the past few...
rain, hygiene, care, prevention, water, harvest, shortage
NIGERIA: Calabar - Why so clea...

NIGERIA: Calabar - Why so clean?

africa » nigeria » calabar
IRIN
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Of the many towns and cities on the African continent Calabar must be one of the cleanest. “We are proud of the environment in which we live,” said...
environment, clean, hygiene, sanitation, agency, budgets
MAURITANIA: New govt tackling ...

MAURITANIA: New govt tackling waste management

africa » mauritania » nouakchott
IRIN
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Since the 1970s, Mauritania’s capital city has been growing explosively and today a million people call the scruffy, ramshackle city’s collection of...
regional, waste, management, government, health, risks, disease, unsanitary, hygiene
LIBERIA: Less cholera with bet...

LIBERIA: Less cholera with better hygiene

africa » liberia » monrovia
IRIN
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Faced with unsafe water and poor sanitation systems, aid groups in Liberia are encouraging people to wash their hands, put bleach in drinking water...
regional, cholera, hygiene, sanitation, diseases, UNICEF, health, drinking water
Health Department Warns Food S...

Health Department Warns Food Sellers

africa » gambia
The Point
Monday, August 27, 2007
The food hygiene and safety unit of the Department of State for Health has issued a strongly worded statement sternly warning food handlers, hackers...
headlines, health, department, food, sellers, warning, hygiene, hackers, restaurant, handlers, people, trade, water, fly, dust, chicken legs, pests, act, law
Chicken vendors risk arrest

Chicken vendors risk arrest

africa » gambia
The Daily Observer Newspaper
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Food vendors trading in chicken legs in an unhygienic and unenclosed environment and structures will be arrested and prosecuted if caught, according...
headlines, food, vendors, chicken, arrest, health, hygiene
CHAD: 100 toilets per 25,000 p...

CHAD: 100 toilets per 25,000 people spells health crisis in east

africa » chad
IRIN
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
A health crisis is looming in the southern part of eastern Chad, where roughly 100,000 poorly-nourished displaced people are living in close...
regional, refugee, camp, hygiene, toilet, health
Coping with water scarcity

Coping with water scarcity

africa
Reliefweb.org
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Coping with water scarcity is the theme for World Water Day 2007, which is observed on March 22nd. Yet one third of the human populationmostly in the...
editors, choice, water, access, hygiene, sanitation, poverty
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