The report, jointly released by UN-Habitat and China's Tongji University, notes that many developing countries, especially those in Africa, are increasingly becoming water scarce due to the crisis of climate change and poor waste management. Titled "Sustaining urban water supply under climate change...
play in a country’s research and development ecosystem. It emphasizes the need for a planned and mission-oriented approach with clear targets and milestones and objective management supporting the country’s long-term goals. Furthermore, it discusses the importance of integrating workforce development,...
waste, climate change, biodiversity, ecosystem management,health andtheenvironmental challengesofdeveloping countries. daccess-ods.un.org daccess-ods.un.org 本组织的学者继续分析关于污染控制、能源和交通政策、土地和水的使用、 有害废物、气候变化、生物多样性、生态系统管理、健康以及发展中国家面临的环境挑战...
Despite significant progress over the past decades, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains the poorest and least developed region in the world. High levels of poverty, food insecurity and environmental degradation, as well as low access to infrastructure and l
The third example is more recent and involves the work of Alliances of Federations of the Urban Poor and their support NGOs in the urban centers of Blantyre (Malawi), Chinhoyi (Zimbabwe), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and Kitwe (Zambia). These Alliances, all of which are affiliates of Shack/...
With a second grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, for instance, American Standard conducted field-testing for three retooled versions of the SATO in Zambia, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. These toilets provide the same benefits—eliminating the smell and sight of waste—but fit the constr...
Due to the necessarily larger scale of modern copper mines, which will consume more water and energy and generate more waste, environmental concerns are at the forefront of risk considerations. Additionally, the presence of harmful elements in copper orebodies, such as arsenic, poses a serious con...
Ghana and Zambia : Achieving Equity in the Distribution of Insecticide-Treated Bednets through Links with Measles Vaccination Campaigns This discussion paper makes an in depth analysis of the integration of the delivery of insecticide-treated nets (ITN) with vaccinatio... M Grabowsky,N Farrell,W...
Research on health systems has been rapidly growing all over the world and, with methods that have become more rigorous, it has gained in clarity. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a health system (HS) “consists of all organizations, people and actions whose primary intent is...
Cryptosporidium and Giardia are important causes of diarrhoeal illness. Adequate knowledge of the molecular diversity and geographical distribution of these parasites and the environmental and climatic variables that influence their prevalence is importa