#sanitation

In #Aleppo, bathing has become a luxury
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/aleppo-bathing-has-become-luxury

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Syrian children collect buckets of stagnant murky #water from the side of a road in a rebel-held area in the northern city of Aleppo on July 5, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Zein al-Rifai) Syrian children collect buckets of stagnant murky water from the side of a road in a rebel-held area in the northern city of Aleppo on July 5, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Zein al-Rifai)

The residents of Aleppo, a city that has for hundreds of years featured one of the largest water networks [in the region], are today suffering from a major water crisis. In a city completely cut off from drinking water, how do people lead their everyday lives?

Basel Dayoub

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#Mideast_&_North_Africa #Achrafieh #al-Midan_Street #Articles #sanitation #syria

That #New_York_Times column about #Cape_Town
▻http://africasacountry.com/that-new-york-times-column-about-cape-town

Let me be clear, because some responses suggest I was not in my recent column for the International New York Times: from just about every assessment, the City of Cape Town and the #Western_Cape are consistently rated among the top performing South African metros and provinces respectively in terms of governance and levels of service delivery. That said, if the Democratic Alliance [which governs the city] had its way, this should be the only basis by which the metro and province it governs are to be assessed: relative to other metros and provinces. If the African National Congress had its way, Cape Town and the Western Cape are to be assessed independently, with no reference to the other metros and provinces the ANC itself (...)

#Business #HISTORY #OPINION #POLITICS #healthcare #housing #land #Patricia_de_Lille #sanitation #South_Africa #water

Matt Damon’s humorous video spotlights #sanitation crisis - CSMonitor.com
▻http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/Change-Agent/2013/0213/Matt-Damon-s-humorous-video-spotlights-sanitation-crisis

“In protest of this global tragedy, until this issue is resolved, until everyone has access to clean water and sanitation ... I will not go to the bathroom.”

▻http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQCqNop3CIg&list=PLHsErFFuTfjZkSymNC25ahrtBgF9p7-l9&index=1

#toilettes #eau #santé

WHO | Atlas of health and climate
►http://www.who.int/globalchange/publications/atlas/report/en/index.html

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The Atlas of health and climate is a product of this unique collaboration between the meteorological and public health communities. It provides sound scientific information on the connections between weather and climate and major health challenges. These range from diseases of poverty to emergencies arising from extreme weather events and disease outbreaks. They also include environmental degradation, the increasing prevalence of noncommunicable diseases and the universal trend of demographic ageing.

#santé #changement_climatique #rapport #cartographie #données #paludisme #malaria #choléra #sanitation #assainissement #eau #dengue #méningite #inondations #cyclones #sécheresse #feu #forêts #pollution #allergies

transformer la merde en pétrole : Human waste could be biofuel - CSMonitor.com
►http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/Change-Agent/2011/0615/Human-waste-could-be-biofuel

a Columbia University professor of environmental engineering has teamed up with a social enterprise in Accra, Ghana, to turn “fecal sludge” into biodiesel or methane fuel. The project, called the “Next-Generation Urban Sanitation Facility,” is in cooperation with Waste Enterprisers and is being underwritten by a recently announced $1.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

#sanitation #énergie #santé