Feb
22
Final Agenda: Capitol Hill Briefing on University WASH Initiative on 3 March 2010
February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Recently I posted on this event. The date is now firm and the final agenda is now available:
Download University WASH 3-3 event final agenda 2010-02-05
I will be serving as a panelist.
Prominent university and college leaders working on international water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) issues will participate in a congressional briefing on a new University WASH [...]
Jan
30
Capitol Hill Briefing on University WASH Initiative – 3 March 2010
January 30, 2010 | 2 Comments
This is one of those ’save the date’ notices. I will post more information when I receive it.
[Disclosure notice: I am part of this initiative and will be a presenter]
Capitol Hill Briefing on new University WASH Initiative
Prominent university and college leaders working on international water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) issues will participate in a congressional [...]
Nov
11
Water Advocates’ NYT Ad: Link Between Disease and WASH
November 11, 2009 | 2 Comments
Yesterday the wonderful folks at Water Advocates placed a full-page ad in the New York Times that emphatically illustrated the connection between disease and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH).
Download Water Advocates New York Times Ad 2009 Final
Please download and read the ad; it won’t take you very long.
Here are the sources for the facts cited in [...]
Sep
28
CSIS Report on USA Leadership on Drinking Water & Sanitation: Telling It Like It Should Be
September 28, 2009 | 1 Comment
The Center for Strategic and International Studies just released the following report, Enhancing U.S. Leadership on Drinking Water and Sanitation by Katherine E. Bliss.
Here are the opening paragraphs of the report:
In the United States, domestic support for greater investments in projects dedicated to improving global health through addressing water, sanitation, and hygiene issues has gathered momentum [...]
Aug
16
The Time Has Come For a Human Right To Sanitation
August 16, 2009 | 1 Comment
Much has been made of the human right to water; it’s a concept I wholeheartedly support. But what about a human right to sanitation? Clean water and sanitation are virtually inseparable in my mind.
I have posted on the human right to health but not specifically on sanitation.
When considering the right to sanitation it is worth noting [...]
Jul
16
Can a Potty-Mouth Campaign Sell Sanitation?
July 16, 2009 | 1 Comment
Yesterday I received an email from Leonard Markidan, communications manager of Skadaddle Media. The message began:
Let’s talk shit.
Okay. That expletive naturally piqued my curiosity, so I read on. As I suspected, his message was peppered with double entendres, puns, and wise-ass comments. Markidan must be a fellow Catholic high school grad, still mired in his sophomore year (as Mary [...]
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