An oral cholera vaccine (Shanchol) given as part of routine health services is safe and protects against severe cholera in children and adults in urban Bangladesh where the disease is endemi... Read more
This project is intended to bring good drinking water to the families in the developing countries at no operating cost Designer Gabriele Diamanti has created a solar oven called the Eliodome... Read more
Wastewater can be readily turned back to freshwater, if only cultural concerns can be allayed If one were to suggest that wastewater could be used as an efficient source of fresh water, a li... Read more
Convincing results New academic research has underlined the potential of a simple Scottish invention that could revolutionise life in developing countries where people struggle to get... Read more
The kids at Philips have just announced something called InstantTrust, a UV water purification system that heralds “the first time water can be disinfected instantly, efficiently and i... Read more
Contaminated water can be cleaned much more effectively using a novel, cheap material, say researchers. Dubbed “super sand”, it could become a low-cost way to purify water in the... Read more
Given that approximately one sixth of the world’s population lacks access to safe drinking water, it would obviously be a very good idea to create something that allows those people to... Read more
Image via Wikipedia The worldwide shortage of clean drinking water is a serious problem, although in many cases there’s a relatively simple solution – just leave the tainted water outside in... Read more
“In the developing world, more than 1 billion people cannot get clean drinking water… The United Nations says that dirty water causes 80 percent of diseases in the developing world, an... Read more