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Jan 01, 2015
A growing body of evidence indicates that access to safe drinking-water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services has an important positive impact on nutrition. Achieving the six Global Nutrition Targets 2025, as well as global goals for WASH and
Reports
Jan 01, 2015
Infectious diarrhoea is a global public health problem with high mortality and morbidity, particularly among children of the developing world. Each year, approximately 750,000 children under five years old die from severe, dehydrating diarrhoea and
Published research
Jan 01, 2015
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Jan 01, 2015
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – the framework that has been a key part of efforts to build a better world for the past 15 years – challenged the global community to reduce by half the proportion of the population without safe drinking
Reports
Oct 01, 2014
In a swampy field in Western Kenya, an energetic Alfred Ochola surveys the crowd. All eyes are on him as he rolls up his pants, wades into a muddy stream, and fills a bucket with dirty water.
Special Features
Oct 01, 2014
Pneumonia and diarrhea are the leading infectious killers of children around the world. Tackling them simultaneously, as outlined in the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia and Diarroea (GAPPD), achieves the greatest
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Aug 01, 2014
This fact sheet provides an overview of rotavirus disease and vaccines in Africa. It includes information about the tremendous burden of rotavirus diarrhea in African children, rotavirus diarrhea treatment and prevention strategies, and the
Factsheets
Aug 01, 2014
Diarrhea is a leading killer of children across Asia, causing approximately 11 percent of deaths in children under five years of age in the World Health Organization’s Southeast Asia Region (WHO SEAR).1 Rotavirus, the most common cause of severe
Factsheets