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Adequate environmental health services are critical for human rights, health, and development, especially in the context of forced d
Somali Region of Ethiopia has been affected by drought for several years.
On May 2, 2009 an outbreak of typhoid fever began in rural villages along the Malawi-Mozambique border resulting in 748 illnesses an
Globally, an estimated 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation.
The international response to Haiti’s ongoing cholera outbreak has been multifaceted, including health education efforts by communit
Mount Sinabung erupted in September 2013, causing the mass evacuation of more than 30,000 people.
Locally manufactured sodium hypochlorite (chlorine) solution has been sold in Zimbabwe since 2010.
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
In peri-urban Monrovia, contaminated hand-dug wells were contributing to cholera outbreaks.