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REGULARS 2 Comment 3 News in Brief 20 Hygiene Standards &
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34 Hygiene 36 Water & Health 38 Publication 40 Roundup 41 Calendar 2017
12 What is World Water Day ? World Water Day , on 22 March every year , is about taking action to tackle the water crisis . Today , there are over 663 million people living without a safe water supply close to home , spending countless hours queuing or trekking to distant sources , and coping with the health impacts of
using contaminated water .
18 Freshwater Challenges for Improved Health and Sustainable Development in Kenya As Kenya gears up to celebrate this year ’ s World Water Day on 22nd March , 2017 under the Theme : Fresh water and Wastewater , we should focus our attention on the importance of freshwater and advocate for the sustainable management of freshwater resources .
20 Hygiene Standards and Food Safety in Hospitality
Industry An estimated 600 million – almost 1 in 10 people in the world – fall ill after eating contaminated food and 420 000 die every year
24 Managing water challenges : Learning from our development partners California is suffering from its fifth year of drought , the states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in India are arguing over the sharing of Cauvery river water , and food security for 36 million people is threatened due to drought in large regions of Africa .
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28 In Burkina Faso the political commitment for sanitation is unequivocal
The first lady of Burkina Faso has pledged her support for the “ Fasotoilettes 2017 ” campaign .
30 Worst Drought in Decades Drives Food Price Spike in East Africa The most severe drought in decades , which has struck parts of Ethiopia and is exacerbated by a particularly strong El Niño effect , has led to successive failed harvests and widespread livestock deaths in some areas , and humanitarian needs have tripled since the beginning of 2015 , the United Nations warns .
32 Water , the economy , and development : New insights on a complex challenge In the World Bank Water Practice , we often talk about how issues like flooding and droughts threaten our mission to end poverty and boost shared prosperity . But how much do we actually know about how these floods and droughts - “ water shocks ” - impact farmers , firms , and communities ? Perhaps adaptation in the economy has limited such impacts .
36 The cost of a polluted environment : 1.7 million child deaths a year , says WHO More than 1 in 4 deaths of children under 5 years of age are attributable to unhealthy environments . Every year , environmental risks – such as indoor and outdoor air pollution , secondhand smoke , unsafe water , lack of sanitation , and inadequate hygiene – take the lives of 1.7 million children under 5 years , say two new WHO reports .
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