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South Korean Company to Rehabilitate Wastewater Networks in Uzbek City
13 Jun 2013- 10:24 by OOSKAnews Correspondent TERMEZ, Uzbekistan South Korea’s Shindong Enercom Inc. has signed an $18.5 million USD contract with the Uzbek Communal Services Agency, Uzkommunhizmat, to rehabilitate wastewater networks in the Uzbek city of ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 06/14/2013 - 09:43
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Access to Clean Water, Sanitation Key to Post-2015 Vision: UN Panel
11 Jun 2013- 09:30 by OOSKAnews Correspondent NAIROBI, Kenya Universal access to safe drinking water, basic sanitation and hygiene is essential to realization of a post-2015 sustainable development agenda, according to a report released last week by a ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 06/11/2013 - 09:35
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Zambian Government Urges Media to Intensify Coverage of Water, Sanitation
10 Jun 2013- 10:20 by Local Press Report LUSAKA Times of Zambia The Zambia government has challenged the media to adopt a more aggressive approach in covering issues on water and sanitation to promote behaviour change and increase public awareness. ...
Local Press Report - 06/12/2013 - 10:45
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Nineteen Latin American Countries Sign Agreement Promising Universal Water and Sanitation
4 Jun 2013- 10:05 by OOSKAnews Correspondent PANAMA CITY, Panama Representatives of 19 Latin America and Caribbean countries signed a declaration promising universal water and sanitation during the third Latin American Sanitation Conference (LATINOSAN) ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 06/04/2013 - 10:05
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Reduction of Pollutants Means Europeans Live Longer, Healthier
3 Jun 2013- 10:06 by OOSKAnews Correspondent COPENHAGEN, Denmark Successful environmental policies have reduced water, air and food pollutants, and this has directly contributed to Europeans living longer and healthier lives, according to a new report ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 06/03/2013 - 10:06
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Sierra Leone Water, Sanitation Services in Bad Shape
24 May 2013- 08:34 by Local Press Report FREETOWN Awoko Business President Koroma has said that 40% of the water and sanitation facilities in the country are in bad shape and calls for collective efforts in the effective management and utilization of both ...
Local Press Report - 05/24/2013 - 09:27
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Conversations With Water Leaders: Jan Eliasson on Millennium Development Goals and Sectoral Cooperation
22 May 2013- 08:57 by OOSKAnews Correspondent sinGapore Third in a series “Conversations With Water Leaders” conducted by OOSKAnews in association with Singapore International Water Week. In this edition, Jan Eliasson, United Nations Deputy Secretary ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/22/2013 - 10:24
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Water for People Launches New Monitoring Platform
23 Apr 2013- 10:02 by OOSKAnews Correspondent united states, CO, DENVER US-based international water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) NGO Water For People announced last week that it was releasing the first version of its new monitoring platform, Re-Imagine ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/22/2013 - 08:46
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World Bank Opens Spring Meeting With Sanitation Dialogue
22 Apr 2013- 09:49 by OOSKAnews Correspondent united states, WASHINGTON DC The World Bank opened its annual spring meeting on April 19 with a panel discussion on the importance of proper sanitation in achieving all development goals, as well as the ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/22/2013 - 08:46
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Uganda to Meet Water MDG
18 Apr 2013- 09:31 by Local Press Report KAMPALA The New Vision Uganda is likely to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target for access to safe water, but it is off track on sanitation, according to Prof. Ephraim Kamuntu, the Minister of Water ...
Local Press Report - 04/18/2013 - 09:57
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Paraguayan Presidential Candidates Debate Water Issues
29 Mar 2013- 07:39 by OOSKAnews Correspondent ASUNCION, Paraguay The four candidates running in Paraguay’s April 21 presidential election took up the country’s water issues during recent debates. Forty-five percent of the country’s 6.5 million people lack ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 03/29/2013 - 10:35
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South Asia Launches Regional Sanitation Campaign
21 Mar 2013- 07:24 by OOSKAnews Correspondent KATHMANDU, Nepal Thousands of citizens of Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka came together on March 19 to launch a regional sanitation campaign for South Asia. The launch was held in the ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 03/21/2013 - 09:53
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Sanitation Campaign Kicked Off in South Asia
20 Mar 2013- 09:52 by Local Press Report KATHMANDU The Himalayan Policy makers from South Asia region on March 19 started the South Asian Sanitation Campaign aimed at exerting pressure for the implementation of the related decisions taken by them. The ...
Local Press Report - 03/20/2013 - 10:06
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Macedonian Government Implements Flood Controls
28 Feb 2013- 09:49 by Local Press Report SKOPJE Macedonia International News Agency The government has passed a set of measures towards mitigating the effects of the floods that hit Macedonia in recent days. The Coordination Body for natural disasters ...
Local Press Report - 02/28/2013 - 10:14
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One-Third of Kyrgyz Schools Are Not Connected to Centralized Water Supply
28 Feb 2013- 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan One-third of schools in Kyrgyzstan are not connected to centralized water supply networks, according to a government agency. In addition, 69 percent of school buildings lack access to ...
OOSKAnews Corre... - 02/28/2013 - 09:27