Water-Sensitive Innovations To Transform Health Of Slums And Environment
by The Daily Eye Team January 25 2017, 1:41 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 23 secsPolluted water and inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene cause around 80% of diseases and one in four deaths in developing countries. The world is recognising that existing strategies simply aren’t working. We are starting a five-year project early this year to implement an innovative water-sensitive approach to revitalise 24 informal settlements in Fiji and Indonesia. Funded by the Wellcome Trust, the project aims to turn informal settlements into independent sites that: