|
Institutional Affiliation: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B)
Region/Locale: Asia
References: UNDP Special Unit for South-South Cooperation, SHARING INNOVATIVE EXPERIENCES, Volume 11
http://tcdc.undp.org/sie/experiences/vol11/content11new.asp
Published in partnership with:
Third World Network of Scientific Organizations (TWNSO)
The Academy of Sciences for The Developing World (TWAS)
Website: http://tcdc.undp.org/sie/experiences/vol11/Chpt_1.pdf
Description:
Of all the waterborne diseases, cholera is perhaps the best known and most serious. Cholera outbreaks continue to be recorded in many countries in Africa and Asia and, after being absent for almost a century, the disease has also re-emerged in South America.
Although the proliferation of municipally treated water supplies has curbed many waterborne diseases, epidemics continue to occur because of heavy contamination of water sources, poor treatment of drinking water or failing infrastructure. Re-evaluation of water disinfection protocols, including those employing chlorine, is necessary, especially when municipal water purification systems are less effective, specifically during environmental disasters such as monsoon rains and floods. Under these conditions, intervention methods must be inexpensive, culturally acceptable and readily accessible to the public in developing countries. Together with education, increased public awareness and, most importantly, widespread initiatives to protect water from undesired contamination, such methods can also be used on a daily basis to protect communities against waterborne diseases.
Research and field trials carried out at the University of Maryland, United States, and the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), have shown that simple filtration through four to eight layers of sari cloth can reduce cholera contamination in water.
Contact Information:
Anwar Huq
Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
701 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, United States
Tel.: 410 234 8833
Fax: 410 234 8896
E-mail: huq@umbi.umd.edu
This Solution is classified within these Core Themes:
Health and Environment
Environment
Asia and Pacific
Regional (Subnational)
Health
Water and Sanitation
This Solution is directly associated with the following:
|
PUBLICATIONS
Selections from Sharing Innovative Experiences (2005)
UNDP Special Unit for South-South Cooperation, The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), The Third World Network of Scientific Organizations (TWNSO), The Global Environmental Facility (GEF)
|
|
|
|
| The following links are related by way of the Framework to the content in the main window. | |
PROJECTS
Affordable Drip Irrigation Technology Intervention Program ADITI. International Development Enterprises India IDEIIFC Sustainability Business Innovation. International Finance Corporation (IFC) Community-based Natural Resource Management Program CBNRM. World Neighbors EVENTS
Lustrom Symposium. November 1, 2007 Meeting Global Challenges in Research Cooperation. May 27, 2008 International Conference on Research for Development. July 2, 2008 MEMBERS
Atanu Sarkar, Queen's University Fred Carden, International Development Research Centre (Canada) Anke Weisheit, Mbarara University PUBLICATIONS
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: Science and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being. John P. Holdren
Allocating responsibilities in multi-level governance for sustainable development. Sylvia I. Karlsson
Proceedings from Science and Technology for Sustainable Development: The African.... Sarah Banas, Danny Schaffer, Thomas Egwang, Martine Ngobo, Hans Herran,...
|
|
| |
|
