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Smartphones used to detect parasitic worms

21 Mayo, 2013 - 09:15
Origen: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97635/Smartphones-used-to-detect-parasitic-worms
NAIROBI 13 March 2013 (IRIN) - A smartphone, a strip of double-sided tape and a simple glass lens could have a significant impact on the diagnosis of intestinal parasites that affect millions in remote, rural parts of the world, where even the most basic medical testing is hard to come by.

Kenya’s waste management challenge*

21 Mayo, 2013 - 09:15
Origen: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97638/Kenya-s-waste-management-challenge
NAIROBI 13 March 2013 (IRIN) - As the urban population in Nairobi and elsewhere in East Africa grows, so does the solid waste management burden - a situation worsened by poor funding for urban sanitation departments and a lack of enforcement of sanitation regulations.

Building resilience

21 Mayo, 2013 - 09:15
Origen: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97594/Building-resilience
JOHANNESBURG 08 March 2013 (IRIN) - A series of articles exploring what resilience means for vulnerable communities, and its impact on the architecture of aid.

Export oil, import water – the Middle East’s risky economics

21 Mayo, 2013 - 09:15
Origen: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97596/Export-oil-import-water-the-Middle-East-s-r...
DUBAI 05 March 2013 (IRIN) - The world’s driest region, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), is getting drier at an alarming rate.

Drought response requires getting development right

21 Mayo, 2013 - 09:15
Origen: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97647/Drought-response-requires-getting-developme...
GENEVA 14 March 2013 (IRIN) - It takes more than weathermen and agriculture experts to design an effective drought response policy.

From drought policy to reality

21 Mayo, 2013 - 09:15
Origen: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97673/From-drought-policy-to-reality
GENEVA 18 March 2013 (IRIN) - There is quite a leap to be made between a country’s declared intent to draw up a drought policy and actually making it happen on the ground. This was the view of several participants at the recent High-Level Meeting on National Drought Policy in Geneva.

Scientists call for development goals to protect Earth

21 Mayo, 2013 - 09:15
Origen: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97700/Scientists-call-for-development-goals-to-pr...
JOHANNESBURG 21 March 2013 (IRIN) - Development can no longer focus exclusively on improving people’s lives. Countries must now link poverty eradication to protection of the atmosphere, oceans and land, said a group of international scientists in a comment piece published today in the journal Nature. They propose six Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that do just that.

Madagascar's Millennium Village goes it alone

21 Mayo, 2013 - 09:15
Origen: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97706/Madagascar-apos-s-Millennium-Village-goes-i...
SAMBAINA 22 March 2013 (IRIN) - A Millennium Village in Madagascar is learning to stand on its own as five years of support from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) come to an end this month.

Gender relations are changing along with climate

21 Mayo, 2013 - 09:15
Origen: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97727/Gender-relations-are-changing-along-with-cl...
JOHANNESBURG 25 March 2013 (IRIN) - A changing climate will inevitably have an impact on gender relations in conservative rural communities, but not enough is being done to boost the resilience of women - already disadvantaged by traditions of inequality.

Families still in need as calm returns to Myanmar’s Meiktila

21 Mayo, 2013 - 09:15
Origen: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97731/Families-still-in-need-as-calm-returns-to-M...
MEIKTILA 26 March 2013 (IRIN) - Inside a stadium now sheltering more than 2,000 displaced people in the central Myanmar town of Meiktila, residents appear dazed.
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