The relationship between water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH), and climate change is an emerging concern with significant implications for global public health. As temperatures rise and weather patterns become more unpredictable, ...
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WASH
Water, Sanitation, and Hygeine
Caterpillars and typhoid in Democratic Republic of the Congo
To read this blog in French, please click here. Insects are part of a regular diet for more than two billion people worldwide. Often considered a delicacy, insects are rich ...
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Risk of spreading typhoid in extreme weather through contaminated water
Waterborne diseases like typhoid continue to be a major cause of illness and mortality globally. Typhoid risk increases as climate change affects global temperatures and extreme weather patterns intensify. Data ...
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Protecting the health of the planet for the health of all people
From droughts to floods to severe weather events, the impacts of climate change on human health are steadily increasing. Take, for example, typhoid—a bacterial illness spread through fecal-contaminated food and ...
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The value of water in the fight to take on typhoid
What is the value of water? For those living in typhoid-endemic communities, access to clean and safe water can be the difference between a child completing her primary education or ...
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Driven by Data: Targeting WASH Interventions for Enteric Disease Prevention
On Wednesday, August 26, 2020, the Coalition against Typhoid and the World Bank Group convened the World Water Week At Home session, “Driven by Data: Targeting WASH Intervention for Enteric ...
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Driven by Data: Insights from World Water Week At Home 2020
The power of data is increasingly recognized for its ability to help solve complex public health challenges and inform public health decision-making. One of the biggest and enduring public health ...
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Stories of Typhoid: In the Lab with Timothy Mutuma
Timothy Mutuma has been working as a research assistant for the past two years, balancing his time between the clinics in the informal settlements of Mbagathi and Mukuru and the ...
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When It Comes to Hand Hygiene, There’s No Time for “Pang’ono Pang’ono”
This post also appears on the DefeatDD website. Today is World Hand Hygiene Day, a day to celebrate the simple but important act of using water and soap to clean ...
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Toilet paper hoarding: What’s it really about?
This post was originally posted on the DefeatDD blog. As the world tries to adapt to the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, one reaction of US citizens has been – at ...
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