Comments on: World Water Day, 20 March 2008 http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/03/20/world-water-day-20-march-2008/ The largest network of Foreign Policy blogs Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:19:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 by: Cassandra Clifford http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/03/20/world-water-day-20-march-2008/#comment-1174 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:36:54 +0000 http://children.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/03/20/world-water-day-20-march-2008/#comment-1174 World Water Day 2008 - The Link Between Clean Water and Health Time and Place Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 Time: 12:30pm - 2:00pm Location: Rayburn House Office Building - Room B338 City/Town: Washington, DC More than 1 billion people live without access to safe water and 2.6 billion people do not have access to basic sanitation. Please join the Global Health Council in commemorating World Water Day at a briefing focusing on the importance of clean water as a health intervention. Diarrheal diseases - in large part caused by unclean water - result in the deaths of 1.8 million people annually and contribute to the deaths of many more. In addition, the burden of collecting clean water more often than not lies with women, increasing their vulnerability to neglected diseases and violence. Host: Maurice Middleburg Please fill out registration form at: http://www.globalhealth.org/view_top.php3?id=646 Direct Link: http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/9706 World Water Day 2008 - The Link Between Clean Water and Health

Time and Place
Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Time: 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Location: Rayburn House Office Building - Room B338
City/Town: Washington, DC

More than 1 billion people live without access to safe water and 2.6 billion people do not have access to basic sanitation. Please join the Global Health Council in commemorating World Water Day at a briefing focusing on the importance of clean water as a health intervention. Diarrheal diseases - in large part caused by unclean water - result in the deaths of 1.8 million people annually and contribute to the deaths of many more. In addition, the burden of collecting clean water more often than not lies with women, increasing their vulnerability to neglected diseases and violence.

Host: Maurice Middleburg
Please fill out registration form at: http://www.globalhealth.org/view_top.php3?id=646

Direct Link: http://www.globalhealth.org/news/article/9706

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