“Two thirds of all deaths before the age of 65 are totally preventable if people have knowledge, access to medical care and the financial means to invest in their own health.”
Jimmy Carter
Clean water supply and sanitation are inextricably linked with health.
Every 20 seconds a child dies from a water-related disease – globally, the second leading cause of death among children under five. And without access to clean water supplies, it is difficult to address poverty, famine, and health issues at all. Supplying clean water and sanitation to households is a start; fostering community ownership of water and waste management and ensuring longevity of water resources is also required.
We advance innovations that transform the way water is managed and provided, long-term, for both people and agriculture.
May 13 - 19, 2013
Editor's Pick
USAID’s new water strategy: Pros, Cons, and What’s Next?
Blogging On Water
John Oldfield, CEO of WASH Advocates, reflects on the latest USAID Water Strategy and their 2 pronged approach of: water, sanitation + hygene, AND water for agriculture and food security.
John Oldfield, CEO of WASH Advocates, reflects on the latest USAID Water Strategy and their 2 pronged approach of: water, sanitation + hygene, AND water for agriculture and food security.
Editor's Pick
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation Releases Update on Sanitation and Drinking Water
JMP (WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation) releases their 2013 update on sanitation and drinking water. "Drinking-water coverage in 2011 remains at 89% – which is 1% above the MDG drinking-water target. In 2011, 768 million people relied on unimproved drinking-water sources. Sanitation coverage in 2011 was 64%. The world remains off track to meet the MDG sanitation target of 75% and if current trends continue, it is set to miss the target by more than half a billion people."
JMP (WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation) releases their 2013 update on sanitation and drinking water. "Drinking-water coverage in 2011 remains at 89% – which is 1% above the MDG drinking-water target. In 2011, 768 million people relied on unimproved drinking-water sources. Sanitation coverage in 2011 was 64%. The world remains off track to meet the MDG sanitation target of 75% and if current trends continue, it is set to miss the target by more than half a billion people."
Apr 22 - 28, 2013
Debate
Forum 2013
Skoll Original
Translating Innovation: How to Deliver New Technologies for Global Health
Participants in the global health ecosystem—donors, governments, nongovernment organizations, and corporations—have begun to focus on the challenges of translating innovations into viable solutions. Here is what PATH has learned about facilitating both availability of and demand for new health technologies.
Apr 8 - 14, 2013
Debate
Forum 2013
Skoll Original
Soda pop and Vaccines: Leveraging Consumer Supply Chains to Promote Public Health and Economic Uplift
Every week, Coca-Cola delivers to more than 20 million retail outlets in more than 200 countries. These deliveries don’t just drive our business. They also provide opportunities to enhance the well-being of the individuals and communities we serve. Working to make a difference in our world is our responsibility and our privilege.
Debate
Forum 2013
Skoll Original
The Fight to End Pandemics
As someone who is almost the same age as the WHO, and whose first job out of medical school was working for the WHO smallpox program, I reflect with collective pride on the success of the WHO program that eradicated smallpox three decades ago, the organization’s crowing achievement to date.
Apr 1 - 7, 2013
Article
Forum 2013
Forum 2013
Social Intrapreneurs: Disruptive Innovators on the Inside
While countless social entrepreneurs are establishing and managing mission-based organizations around the globe, droves of social INTRApreneurs are staying put in their companies and delivering business results that score high on financial, social and environmental metrics.
Editor's Pick
PepsiCo Reaches Safe Water Access Goal Two Years Early
TriplePundit
Yesterday PepsiCo announced the beverage giant already achieved its 2015 goal of providing safe water to three million people in developing countries via partnerships with NGOs. The company, working with its eponymous foundation, has boosted water efficiency throughout its operations while working on the ground in emerging markets to tackle water scarcity and sanitation issues.
Yesterday PepsiCo announced the beverage giant already achieved its 2015 goal of providing safe water to three million people in developing countries via partnerships with NGOs. The company, working with its eponymous foundation, has boosted water efficiency throughout its operations while working on the ground in emerging markets to tackle water scarcity and sanitation issues.
Editor's Pick
Stay the Course on Post-2015 Development Goals
Impatient Optimists
With nearly one thousand days to go before the world calls time on the Millennium Development Goals, there is a heightened sense of urgency to ensure we do everything possible to meet this ambitious deadline – and to make sure that a new set of goals are set that keep up the critical momentum.
With nearly one thousand days to go before the world calls time on the Millennium Development Goals, there is a heightened sense of urgency to ensure we do everything possible to meet this ambitious deadline – and to make sure that a new set of goals are set that keep up the critical momentum.
Mar 25 - 31, 2013
Editor's Pick
Global Sanitation Fund helps 1.4 million people gain improved sanitation
NEPAD Water Centres of Excellence
The Global Sanitation Fund Progress Report 2012, a new report from the UN-based Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, details programmatic results, reporting methodology and financial data from Global Sanitation Fund programmes in Africa and Asia.
Editor's Pick
Progress in incentive-based protection of forests and other watersheds
Mongabay News
There are two ways to look at Charting New Waters: State of Watershed Payments 2012 - the latest report released by Forest Trends on incentive-based water protection.
There are two ways to look at Charting New Waters: State of Watershed Payments 2012 - the latest report released by Forest Trends on incentive-based water protection.
