Just the facts: these high-level talking points on diarrheal disease tell you what you need to know about the global crisis and the solutions. Each bullet includes a link to more information. View and share the message map or the plain text below
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Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) has identified five myths which are stopping investors, agencies and policymakers from properly addressing the inadequate access to essential water and sanitation services in cities across Africa and
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A new study in The Lancet Global Health, published alongside this commentary, summarizes a 12-month case-control study conducted as a follow-on to the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS). Unlike the original GEMS study, which included patients
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The World Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund (WHO/UNICEF) Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP) produces internationally comparable estimates of progress on drinking water, sanitation and
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ROTAVAC®, one of two India-made rotavirus vaccines, was first introduced in India in 2016. The country is scaling up these new domestically produced vaccines as part of routine childhood immunization against the deadliest form of diarrhea.
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Childhood diarrhea can be caused by many different pathogens, and while there are many overlapping characteristics, infections can vary in severity, duration, clinical manifestations, and long-term consequences according to the causal pathogen.
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This report from the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP) presents the first baseline data for WASH in healthcare facilities.
Read the full report and the companion guidance document
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Water Under Fire aims to generate popular public support to improve children’s access to water in crises and to galvanize action for UNICEF’s Change Agenda, which calls on governments, partners, and parties to conflict to:
Stop attacks on water and
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This fact sheet describes a PATH project in Vietnam that is focusing on testing a new formulation of a locally made rotavirus vaccine. PATH, Vietnam-based manufacturer POLYVAC (Center for Research and Production of Vaccines and Biologicals), and
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Stunting, malnutrition, and household finances are a few of the underappreciated consequences of repeated diarrhea infections. Vaccines against ETEC and Shigella, leading bacterial causes of diarrheal disease, are currently in development and hold
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