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Dec 07, 2011
A young inpatient recovers from severe diarrhea, a bandage on his small hand the remnant of emergency IV rehydration. By the second open-air hospital, I knew better than to look for water fountains. The sealed plastic  bottles conspicuously tucked
Dec 01, 2011
A person living with HIV/AIDS uses a tippy tap. You may think that water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is superfluous when addressing the needs of people living with HIV, but actually it is a critically important focus that has only recently
Nov 18, 2011
Women producing latrine slabs in Bangladesh. Photo credit: WaterAid / Abir Abdullah
Nov 16, 2011
  Jeremy Chambers models Clean the World's prize for poo-etic brilliance.     How does it feel to be a Poo Haiku champion? We already know that our winners have a way with words, so we'll let them do the talking.   Matt Gomez, Clean the World
Nov 09, 2011
  The best meeting for us at defeatDD last week? Our poo haiku judging session, of course!   We gathered around a table with our marked-up lists of over 100 poo haikus: an impressive total (30 was our original target number) with even more
Oct 31, 2011
  PATH's Vaccine Development program improves the health of people, especially infants and children living in low-income countries, by accelerating development of vaccines that will be effective and affordable in the countries that most urgently
Oct 26, 2011
  We asked, and you delivered - 100 times over! From silly to somber, your poo haikus have made us laugh and made us think, and we love it when the two go together.   For us, your entries are funny, yet powerful, reminders of the different worlds
Oct 14, 2011
  Like most people, I adore food. I love that one of my first daily responsibilities (to myself and to all around me) is to eat a large, healthy breakfast (followed swiftly by my morning coffee). Beyond just satisfying my taste buds, it's what the