News/Info

Source: USAID/EHP

News and Events

• Global Handwashing Day – 10/15/08
• Earth Day 2008 - 04/22/08
• World Water Day 2008 - 03/22/08
• International Women's Day - 03/08/08
• USAID Celebrates International Women's Day - 03/03/08
• United Nations General Assembly Declares 2008 the International Year of Sanitation (IYS) - 11/21/07
• WHO Presents New Country Profiles on the Environmental Burden of Disease - 06/13/07
• World Health Day 2007 - 04/07/07
• USAID Launches New Publication for World Water Day 2007 - 03/22/07

Press Releases and Speeches

• USAID Joins Hands with Corporate Sector to Improve Health of Pakistanis - 08/18/08 [Word, 28KB]
• 25 NGOs Receive USAID Grants to Promote Potable Water, Hygiene - 06/30/08 [Word, 27KB]
• Disinfecting Water Saves Lives in Rwanda - 04/25/08
• USAID and UNICEF Dissemenate Best Practices from Successful School Sanitation Program - 04/04/08
• USAID Supports Access to Clean Drinking Water - 03/20/08 [Word, 28KB]
• Afghanistan Commemorates International Women’s Day - 03/08/08
• First Lady Honors Women at International Women's Day Event - 03/07/08
• USAID and P&G Highlight Partnership for Safe Drinking Water in Africa - 03/09/07
• Remarks by Dr. Kent R. Hill, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Global Health at the Safe Drinking Water Event, Washington DC - 03/06/07
• USAID Donates $16.7 Million to Pakistan for Safe Drinking Water - 02/20/07

Success Stories

• Vulnerable Schools Focus on Hygiene - 07/08
• Hawa Nakanwagi Brings Sustainable Sanitation to Kyansi - 03/08
• Awareness Improves Water and Health - 10/06
• Mountain Town Gets Clean, Safe Water - 09/06
• New Incinerator Improves Public Health - 05/06
• Read More Environmental Health Success Stories

Fact Sheets

• USAID: Investing in People - 05/31/07

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