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Contaminated water may have killed 3 U. S. Presidents
How the White House might have killed these three presidents in the 1840s
President William Henry Harrison gave the longest inaugural address in history, speaking outside in a cold Washington, D. C. snowstorm for an hour and 45 minutes. He died not long after from what people say was pneumonia brought on by the cold he caught while giving the address.
Presidents Harrison, Taylor and Polk( Photo: Wikipedia)
Now some researchers at the National Institute of Health say that Harrison may not have died from pneumonia after all. In fact, Harrison along with Presidents James Polk and Zachary Taylor all may have died unexpectedly from typhoid in the 1840s due to contaminated water in the White House.
Both Harrison and Taylor died in office and Polk died not long after leaving office. According to the research, Harrison’ s own doctor disputed the pneumonia diagnosis in his well-documented medical journals Business News Insider. Source: The Raw Story
CS Innovation Award winner sparks interest in‘ nudging’ in Bangladesh and beyond
At the WASH Futures 2016 Conference in Brisbane recently, the CS WASH Fund announced the winner of the DFAT-supported Civil Society Innovation Award. The purpose of this award was to highlight and showcase the innovative work of CSOs / NGOs in improving WASH service delivery and sustainability.
The first place for the award was presented to Save the Children Bangladesh for their work in‘ nudging’
( L-R): Bronwyn Powell, CS WASH Fund, Mohammed Kamal Hossain, Save the Children Bangladesh and Anne Joselin, DFAT
handwashing in primary school students. Their behaviour change model was commended for its simplicity and costeffectiveness. It is an approach that has already yielded clear results and has the potential to be scaled up.
The evidence of impact from their nudging handwashing program has been published in a peer-reviewed article by partners at the University of Oklahoma. The report concludes that the number of school children handwashing with soap increased dramatically postintervention, from the baseline of 4 % to 68 % and 74 % after 2 to 6 weeks, respectively. The results show that there is evidence to support their nudge-based innovation in improving behaviour change with school-aged children in Bangladesh.( Source: http:// www. ncbi. nlm. nih. gov / pubmed / 26784210)
After presenting their findings and winning the CS Innovation Award, several CSOs at the conference were enthusiastic about integrated‘ nudging’ into their programs in other countries, such as Thrive Network in Vietnam and Cambodia.
The inaugural Civil Society Innovation Award was funded by Australian Aid, from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade( DFAT) through the Civil Society WASH Fund.
Second place was awarded to Water for People! in Uganda for their submission, Low cost solutions for Faecal Sludge Management. Water for People! have shown their work innovating at many stages of the sanitation chain, from low cost modular toilet design, pit emptying and faecal sludge treatment and reuse. Their holistic approach to sanitation and faecal sludge management( FSM) are impacting many peoples’ lives, particularly in the slums of Kampala.
Third runner up was Wetlands Work! Cambodia for the HandyPod – Sanitation solutions for floating communities in Cambodia. The Handy Pod is a floating toilet design suitable for the communities of the Tonle Sap lake area and uses wetlands treatment technology.
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