Since its foundation in 1968, the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) has facilitated the sharing, promotion and use of knowledge so that governments, professionals and organisations can better support poor men, women and children in developing countries to obtain water and sanitation services they will use and maintain The Source Water and Sanitation News Service from IRC provides news in English, French and Spanish with an emphasis on rural and peri-urban areas in developing countries. The current Source South Asia Water & Sanitation News edition has a wide range of articles. Some highlights are: Asia: Unilever to replicate Project Shakti on other international markets - https://www.irc.nl/page/46761 Afghanistan: OCHA Humanitarian Action Plan's Appeal for water and sanitation - https://www.irc.nl/page/46636 {C} Bangladesh: Govt. reaffirms promise - drinking water arsenic-free by 2013! - https://www.irc.nl/page/46745 India, Andhra Pradesh: stream polluted by world's highest levels of drugs - https://www.irc.nl/page/46645 Nepal, Kathmandu Valley: fifty percent leakage in ageing drinking water system - https://www.irc.nl/page/46691 WHO on Cholera: incidence under-reported, millions infected every year - https://www.irc.nl/page/46654 Training - ADB to develop improved training programs for water and sanitation operators - https://www.irc.nl/page/46707
More articles regarding funding sources, current research, publications and much more are available in the current edition. Access here: Source South Asia Water & Sanitation News Archives: Source South Asia Water & Sanitation News
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