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Keiron Audain commented on Keiron Audain's blog post 'Utilizing the Sun While We Wait for Pipes'
Yes and it has been proven effective by scientific study - I hope to see more studies done on different pathogens as well. Truly exciting!
Carol Horne commented on Keiron Audain's blog post 'Utilizing the Sun While We Wait for Pipes'
This is facinating - a low tech solution that anyone can do - mothers can easily improve drinking water for infants.
Utilizing the Sun While We Wait for Pipes
One of, if not the major issue surrounding infectious diseases in Africa is the lack of regular access to clean water. In countries like Ethiopia, it is said that around 78% of the population do not have access to clean water, which is equivalent to about 56 million people – in one country alone.In such drastic circumstances where so many people are going without water and investment in infrastructure is for the most part inadequately financed or outright neglected, innovative measures need to…See More
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- Do you have your own website, blog, forum or social network?
- http://intellectualvagabond.com
- what is your website/blog/forum/social network for?
- To engage with and mobilise people concerned with global issues such as Health and Disease, the Environment and human conflict.
- Anything else? What's your story? Give us a bit of background about yourself (if you like. Or just write something that proves you are a real person and not spamming)
- I am currently involved in a project aimed at monitoring the effectiveness of local food intervention in the nutrition recovery of HIV patients in South Africa.
I am also a blog writer on issues related to development in poor countries, such as food security, infectious diseases and water sanitation.
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No fertiliser? No problem
It’s common knowledge that not all governments are in a position to provide subsidies for their farmers to purchase fertilizers. Yet they need not be too concerned, as according to scientists, the current levels of nitrogen fixation (combining unreactive atmospheric nitrogen with hydrogen to produce ammonia) globally may soon see heavy restrictions placed on fertiliser use, and famers across the world may soon be encouraged to revert back to traditional and sustainable methods of fertilizing… Continue
Posted on October 12, 2009 at 2:30pm
Utilizing the Sun While We Wait for Pipes
One of, if not the major issue surrounding infectious diseases in Africa is the lack of regular access to clean water. In countries like Ethiopia, it is said that around 78% of the population do not have access to clean water, which is equivalent to about 56 million people – in one country alone.
In such drastic circumstances where so many people are going without water and investment in infrastructure is for the most part inadequately financed or outright neglected, innovative measures… Continue
In such drastic circumstances where so many people are going without water and investment in infrastructure is for the most part inadequately financed or outright neglected, innovative measures… Continue
Posted on October 4, 2009 at 7:35pm — 2 Comments
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