Madagascar is truly unique. Although it sits only 250 miles off the coast of East Africa, it feels like a world away. The fourth largest island on earth, Madagascar came ...
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Author: Megan Carey, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and University of Cambridge
The importance of water and sanitation when we take on typhoid
Typhoid and water and sanitation issues are inherently linked. As a fecal-oral transmitted disease, typhoid is ingested through contaminated food or water, or from unwashed hands. Similarly, the risk of ...
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Stories of Typhoid: The Pandeys
Meet 35-year-old Rakesh Kumar Pandey and his wife Bijaylakshmi. Nine years ago, Rakesh and Bijaylakshmi moved with their two children from the eastern state of Bishar to Gurugram city in ...
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Stories of Typhoid: Osward Nyirenda
Meet Osward Nyirenda, a public health researcher and clinician with the Blantyre Malaria Project in Malawi. Typhoid is one of many diseases that impact his community of Ndirande, a heavily ...
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A billion miles traveled and no safe water to be found
Every year—from South Sudan to Uganda, Myanmar to Bangladesh, Syria to Jordan—millions of people endure long, dangerous and difficult journeys to find safety and refuge. Safety from violence and persecution; ...
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