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Contaminated water may have killed 3 U . S . Presidents
How the White House might have killed these three presidents in the 1840s
President William Henry Harrison gave the longest inaugural address in history , speaking outside in a cold Washington , D . C . snowstorm for an hour and 45 minutes . He died not long after from what people say was pneumonia brought on by the cold he caught while giving the address .
Presidents Harrison , Taylor and Polk ( Photo : Wikipedia )
Now some researchers at the National Institute of Health say that Harrison may not have died from pneumonia after all . In fact , Harrison along with Presidents James Polk and Zachary Taylor all may have died unexpectedly from typhoid in the 1840s due to contaminated water in the White House .
Both Harrison and Taylor died in office and Polk died not long after leaving office . According to the research , Harrison ’ s own doctor disputed the pneumonia diagnosis in his well-documented medical journals Business News Insider . Source : The Raw Story
CS Innovation Award winner sparks interest in ‘ nudging ’ in Bangladesh and beyond
At the WASH Futures 2016 Conference in Brisbane recently , the CS WASH Fund announced the winner of the DFAT-supported Civil Society Innovation Award . The purpose of this award was to highlight and showcase the innovative work of CSOs / NGOs in improving WASH service delivery and sustainability .
The first place for the award was presented to Save the Children Bangladesh for their work in ‘ nudging ’
( L-R ): Bronwyn Powell , CS WASH Fund , Mohammed Kamal Hossain , Save the Children Bangladesh and Anne Joselin , DFAT
handwashing in primary school students . Their behaviour change model was commended for its simplicity and costeffectiveness . It is an approach that has already yielded clear results and has the potential to be scaled up .
The evidence of impact from their nudging handwashing program has been published in a peer-reviewed article by partners at the University of Oklahoma . The report concludes that the number of school children handwashing with soap increased dramatically postintervention , from the baseline of 4 % to 68 % and 74 % after 2 to 6 weeks , respectively . The results show that there is evidence to support their nudge-based innovation in improving behaviour change with school-aged children in Bangladesh . ( Source : http :// www . ncbi . nlm . nih . gov / pubmed / 26784210 )
After presenting their findings and winning the CS Innovation Award , several CSOs at the conference were enthusiastic about integrated ‘ nudging ’ into their programs in other countries , such as Thrive Network in Vietnam and Cambodia .
The inaugural Civil Society Innovation Award was funded by Australian Aid , from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade ( DFAT ) through the Civil Society WASH Fund .
Second place was awarded to Water for People ! in Uganda for their submission , Low cost solutions for Faecal Sludge Management . Water for People ! have shown their work innovating at many stages of the sanitation chain , from low cost modular toilet design , pit emptying and faecal sludge treatment and reuse . Their holistic approach to sanitation and faecal sludge management ( FSM ) are impacting many peoples ’ lives , particularly in the slums of Kampala .
Third runner up was Wetlands Work ! Cambodia for the HandyPod – Sanitation solutions for floating communities in Cambodia . The Handy Pod is a floating toilet design suitable for the communities of the Tonle Sap lake area and uses wetlands treatment technology .
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