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Tackling Improper Waste Disposal to Combat Cholera in Nigeria

On June 9, 2024, the Lagos State government declared a cholera outbreak after recording over 300 suspected cases and 15 deaths. Two weeks later, on June 24, the federal government activated the Multi-Sectoral Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) in response to a surge in cases. By this time, Nigeria had recorded 1,528 suspected cases and 53 […]

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The Importance of Water: #WaterIsLife

What is the importance of water? “Water is life” is such a common expression that we use it almost as a cliché. However, that phrase is probably one of the most powerfully true messages the whole creation bears witness to.  If, as we learn from geography, the earth is 2/3 water, and science says the […]

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Trade Hub Awards Two Co-Investment Grants To Provide Clean Drinking Water, Improve Sanitation In Senegal

$1.5 million awarded for projects that will improve the health of Senegalese Improving sanitation and increasing access to clean drinking water in Senegal are the goals of two companies recently awarded a collective $1.5 million (842 million FCFA) in co-investment grants from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)’s regional initiative, the West Africa Trade […]

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A Post-Covid-19 Recovery Will Not Be Possible If Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Are Not High On The Agenda

By Helen Hamilton This World Health Day, G20 finance ministers will meet in Rome, Italy, to discuss how they will build back from the pandemic. The global economy is and concerted effort, coordination and imagination is needed to enable not only a worldwide recovery but also to ensure that the world’s poorest people are not left […]

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