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REGULARS 2 Comment 3 News in Brief 20 Hygiene Standards &
Food Safety 25 Water & Sanitation
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34 Hygiene 36 Water & Health 38 Publication 40 Roundup 41 Calendar 2017
12 What is World Water Day? World Water Day, on 22 March every year, is about taking action to tackle the water crisis. Today, there are over 663 million people living without a safe water supply close to home, spending countless hours queuing or trekking to distant sources, and coping with the health impacts of
using contaminated water.
18 Freshwater Challenges for Improved Health and Sustainable Development in Kenya As Kenya gears up to celebrate this year’ s World Water Day on 22nd March, 2017 under the Theme: Fresh water and Wastewater, we should focus our attention on the importance of freshwater and advocate for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.
20 Hygiene Standards and Food Safety in Hospitality
Industry An estimated 600 million – almost 1 in 10 people in the world – fall ill after eating contaminated food and 420 000 die every year
24 Managing water challenges: Learning from our development partners California is suffering from its fifth year of drought, the states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in India are arguing over the sharing of Cauvery river water, and food security for 36 million people is threatened due to drought in large regions of Africa.
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28 In Burkina Faso the political commitment for sanitation is unequivocal
The first lady of Burkina Faso has pledged her support for the“ Fasotoilettes 2017” campaign.
30 Worst Drought in Decades Drives Food Price Spike in East Africa The most severe drought in decades, which has struck parts of Ethiopia and is exacerbated by a particularly strong El Niño effect, has led to successive failed harvests and widespread livestock deaths in some areas, and humanitarian needs have tripled since the beginning of 2015, the United Nations warns.
32 Water, the economy, and development: New insights on a complex challenge In the World Bank Water Practice, we often talk about how issues like flooding and droughts threaten our mission to end poverty and boost shared prosperity. But how much do we actually know about how these floods and droughts-“ water shocks”- impact farmers, firms, and communities? Perhaps adaptation in the economy has limited such impacts.
36 The cost of a polluted environment: 1.7 million child deaths a year, says WHO More than 1 in 4 deaths of children under 5 years of age are attributable to unhealthy environments. Every year, environmental risks – such as indoor and outdoor air pollution, secondhand smoke, unsafe water, lack of sanitation, and inadequate hygiene – take the lives of 1.7 million children under 5 years, say two new WHO reports.
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