In rural Ghana, only 18% of patients believe elephantiasis is a disease. Some others think it is caused by curses or even rain. Only by understanding local beliefs can it be treated effectively.
Open sewage at Kenya’s largest slum, Kibera, in Nairobi.
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The struggle with open defecation is a silent emergency, undermining the continent’s efforts towards sustainable development goals.
Palestinians fill drinking water containers at a distribution site in Khan Yunis, south Gaza, on Oct. 8, 2023.
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As the war between Hamas and Israel grinds forward, two experts explain how Israelis and Palestinians have cooperated to tackle their region’s water challenges.
As July temperatures soared to triple digits, hundreds of homeless people lived on the street outside Phoenix’s largest shelter.
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As US cities struggle to reduce homelessness, two scholars explain how planners can reform shelter design to be more humane and to prioritize mental health and well-being.
Affordable housing in Ghana is unavailable for most people.
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Nigerians lack access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene facilities despite investment in these areas. Procurement law contributes to this inadvertently.
Many South Africans still don’t have access to safe toilets.
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500 million people live in 19 African countries deemed “water insecure”.
Two female residents of Tambak Lorok village in Central Java visit their damaged house after it was hit by high tidal flooding.
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The Gambia’s success in eliminating trachoma means that resources previously allocated to combating the disease can now be reallocated to other public health conditions
The infrastructure gap has forced Indigenous people to think outside the box, leverage their own funds.
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While investments are important, what’s more important is the process and mechanisms through which Indigenous people access funding.
Men wade through an abandoned highway tunnel to repair a self-created water system in the Esperanza neighbourhood of Caracas, Venezuela, in June 2020.
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