Nation Jan 14 Garbage and recyclables pile up as omicron takes its toll on sanitation workers By Travis Loller, Associated Press
Nation Apr 20 Watch 3:17 A sanitation worker’s fears about collecting trash during the pandemic During the COVID-19 pandemic, the phrase “essential workers” tends to bring to mind first responders and hospital staff. But a key function of American society is collecting garbage to keep our communities clean. PBS station WTTW in Chicago is producing…
World Mar 01 Denver nonprofit quenches a community’s thirst for clean, reliable water Water For People, a Denver-based nonprofit, is helping communities in Bolivia and other countries get drinking water and sanitation services for everybody. By Larisa Epatko
Health Nov 19 4 innovative toilet designs to talk about on World Toilet Day In honor of World Toilet Day, we have compiled a list of a few innovative toilet designs that show promise in helping to solve sanitation and ecological problems. By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins
World Nov 20 25 percent of people worldwide still get fecally contaminated water Out of the world's population of 7.3 billion people, about one-quarter of them drink water from sources polluted with fecal matter, and one billion people practice open defacation. That number is especially high in rural parts of the world, where… By Laura Santhanam
Apr 18 Using bathroom humor to try to improve India’s rural sanitation By Ruth Tam It will take all of three seconds to recognize UNICEF India’s recent “Take The Poo To The Loo” is not your average public service announcement. The Indian government and private aid groups have struggled with the country’s rural sanitation for… Continue reading
Jun 28 Watch As Obama Arrives, Reflecting on Change in South Africa and Iconic Leader Mandela As Obama Arrives, Reflecting on Change in South Africa and Iconic Leader Mandela… Continue watching
Dec 27 Shortage of Cholera Vaccine an Obstacle in Haiti Response By Talea Miller Health experts are calling for the creation of a cholera vaccine stockpile so the vaccine can be deployed in future cholera outbreaks, like the one still spreading in Haiti. Continue reading
Apr 14 Watch Investors Help Bring Sanitation to Kenya’s Poor Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Kenya, where private capital is being used to help install toilets and sanitation facilities in the country's poorest areas. Continue watching
Feb 12 Aid Groups Hope Showers, Latrines Stave Off Disease in Haiti By Larisa Epatko Preventing the spread of disease in Haiti's quake-damaged cities, where thousands have taken refuge in temporary camps, is a formidable task in a country that already posed sanitation challenges. Continue reading