While Kenya has been facing water supply challenges, especially in Nairobi, where residents for years have had water rationed, the dry spell has worsened the situation as the crisis spread to towns that never had the problem. Affected towns include Nairobi, Nakuru, Kakamega, Mombasa, Kericho, ...
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...
and sustainability sectors. Its main offerings include atmospheric water generators that produce potable water for communities in arid and semi-arid regions. Majik Water primarily serves off-grid communities and sectors dealing with water scarcity. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Nairobi, ...
In essence this is a crisis of governance. This message is echoed by a range of international organisations (UNDP 2006; UNESCO 2008; UNEP 2009; UN-Water 2008; Jacobsen et al. 2013; World Bank 2013). Lacking are effective organisations and institutions for the sustainable development and ...
cycle that is energy-efficient and reliable. H2OLL's solutions are aimed at addressing the global water crisis by offering an alternative to conventional water infrastructure, particularly in areas where water supply is unreliable or contaminated. It was founded in 2019 and is based in Haifa, ...
These deficiencies have to be corrected together in order to achieve a positive overall impact on public health. WASH was introduced for the first time in 1981. Over the years, however, the letter “H” was used for “Health” by USAID,“Health Education” in Zambia, “Hygiene”, by the...
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya Gershim Asiki American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon Hala Ghattas Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Hassan Eini-Zinab, Mahdieh Sheikhi & Nasrin Omidvar ...
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For every child, a safe environment The South Sudan humanitarian crisis continues to affect millions of children, remaining one of the largest, most volatile in the world. The pace of displacement ha
At his office in downtown Nairobi, Zhong says that his six-year journey through Africa as an employee of Transsion, the parent company of Tecno smartphone, opened his eyes to the drinking water crisis in the continent and motivated him to be part of the solution. "I have been to a lot ...